Fringes — Blog — Ben Mercer

make it new - how Fringes displays its difference

I knew that marketing Fringes would be the hardest part. Here’s how I’ve tried to make the book stand out from other rugby books by using difference as a virtue

Fringes, RugbyBen MercerMarch 5, 2020standing out, marketing, books, rugby

Why I chose to self publish Fringes

how I chose autonomy and speed over trying to get past gatekeepers in publishing my book

Fringes, WritingBen MercerMarch 3, 2020self publishing, Amazon

how (and why) I wrote a sports memoir

why, and how I wrote a sports memoir and what I had to consider while doing it

Fringes, WritingBen MercerFebruary 17, 2020

how (not) to get a book cover designed

the trials and tribulations of getting a book cover designed

FringesBen MercerJanuary 27, 2020

how to get a book edited

Once you've got a first draft, you're sat there with an enormous amount of raw material that you cannot possibly be objective about. You've slaved over it and are in no state to look at it and see things with any sort of clarity.

You need an editor.

FringesBen MercerDecember 14, 2019