A Teenagers View on being a Self-Published Author

I thought I'd take a different route today, and not talk about my books (:O shocker, I know).

I figured that since I'm seventeen, and published, I'd give people an insight on publishing that they wouldn't normally get: a teenagers view on Self-Publishing.

"You write books?" My friend asks.

"Yeah, I like to write," I respond with a shrug.

"What's one of them about?" They ask curiously. (I say "they" because this is pretty much how it goes all across the board.)

I try to think of a way to explain...