Why I Self-Published My First Novel
Nov 4 · 3 min read
Even though I had interest from an agent, I decided to take the solo road. Here’s why.
When I started writing my first now published novel, Majestic and Lynn, I was a senior in high school. It took me about three years to complete the manuscript. I did not immediately begin to send it out to publishers. I wrote other things, mostly short stories, for about two years. When I did send it out, it was to a literary agent who had already shown interest in some of those stories I had written. She, or someone else in her office, read the manuscript and got back to me with…

