Harsh Reality

So a book is born. Now what? I had given surprisingly little thought to what I would do with the book once I had written it. I think this was mainly because I did not want to become discouraged before I had actually finished writing in case I gave up.
I soon discovered that I was on a hiding to nothing. Having wasted my life by studying science only to realise too late that what I really wanted was to be a history writer,I was woefully under-equipped for the challenge.
Being unable to point to any historical qualifications other than a GCSE, I soon concluded from my research that approaching publishers or agents with my amateur's take on Ancient History was a complete non-starter.The one publisher that did show an interest turned out to be the literary equivalent of a cowboy builder. So I gave them a wide berth and braced myself to try to do this the hard way: Self Publication.