Authors Have So Many Choices

Choices about what? Our books.

The novel is finished. Do I:

Query agents?

Query publishers? E-publishers or traditional? Small press print?

Self-pub? ebook only? POD or pay for a print run? Where?

Ask for review blurbs?

Enter contests?

Every choice deserves consideration. Each has its merits and drawbacks.

I don’t enter a lot of contests, but I just did. Enter one. I entered Worlds Apart in the 7th Annual Dixie Kane Memorial Contest. This contest is held by the Southern Louisiana chapter of RWA. You...