Self-Publishing May Be Insane

Or Maybe I Am

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It’s a good thing I love writing, because this journey of self-publishing my first novel is insane. I’m working on getting my first book of poetry and prose published and now I remember why I put it off for so long. It’s a lot to learn. My website has been up for a while, but now I’m working on getting a newsletter and the email marketing set up. It took me a week just to figure out how to connect the two. I’ve been researching the best avenue for publishing that is right for me. So now that I’ve decided the self-publishing route, I’m finding there is a lot to do.

· Book written — check

· Book edited — check

· Formatting and designing book for print and epub — working on it

· Creating an email list — work in progress

· Deciding on Amazon or Ingram Sparks — next on list

· Marketing social media and email campaigns — Uggghh

· Get it all done by target date for book launch — Uhhhhh

· Plan a book launch party and hope that people will show up — does hiding in my closet count?

Okay, I might be a little dramatic. It’s not all that bad, I’m just in a learning curve. As a creative, I would love to just hand all the “businessy” stuff off to my magic…