by budedawnadmin | Nov 11, 2020 | book, Cornwall, Pamela Colman Smith, publication, tarot
Self-publishing has long had a bad press, probably because of the confusion with vanity publishing. In vanity publishing, the author assumes all the risk and pays the publisher. Therefore, anything of any quality can be vanity-published if an author is prepared to...
by budedawnadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | book, Cornwall, Pamela Colman Smith, publication, tarot
When commissioned by Amberley Publishing to write my third book on the beautiful Cornish coastal town of Bude, Secret Bude, I never imagined it would lead me to travel around Cornwall and Devon in search of clues about the world-famous tarot artist, Pamela Colman...
by budedawnadmin | May 13, 2020 | book, Cornwall, Pamela Colman Smith, publication, tarot
For anyone who does not live in or near Bude, here are a few photos of the church where Pamela Colman Smith is buried. It is St Michael’s and All Angels Church in Bude. She has a fabulously peaceful resting place peeking down over the canal down to the sea. It...
by budedawnadmin | May 4, 2020 | book, Cornwall, Pamela Colman Smith, publication, tarot
While a lot of the world is on pause, book publishing goes on. Schedules are created but with bookshop closures and shipping delays, it can be hard to get hold of them. Mine is one of them. As Lionel Shriver says in this article: Q: How do you feel about your new...