If you want to do it right, I am finding out that self-publishing is a whole learning curve, a new skill to be developed all together. From a year or more ago when I sent $2,000 to IUniverse and then backed out of the contract (thankfully they had a 30 day grace period or something like that) I have been on an incredible journey that I never dreamed I would go on. First I realized that I needed to do genuine POD (Print on Demand) rather than going with a “Vanity” publisher like IUniverse, Authorhouse or others that try to sell you alot of services but really don’t care about your book quality or how many you sell. Then thanks to a very generous friend who is also a scathing literary critic, I realized that the manuscript needed a great deal of improvement. That has proven to be the biggest journey. My life as a writer began in highschool where I kept copious journals and was in Honors English. Now 24 years later I’ve written countless thesis papers, a dissertation, and grant proposals that result in significant funding for the nonprofit I direct. All that made me think I knew  [ Read More ]