The Waiting Game

Create Space has turned out to be a great self-publishing platform, but I will tell you this-- choosing to self-publish is not for the faint of heart. All the pieces a publishing company and agent would handle you have to do yourself, which is fine if you're determined enough. It only took 24 hours for Create Space to approve my book cover and novel formatting, which was a great relief. This is the first time I've attempted anything like this myself, and to be honest, sometimes I'm drowning. There was but one hiccup in the whole manuscript-- the odd and even numbers were on the wrong pages. It took hours to work everything out in Microsoft word, but I believe the end result will prove fruitful.

Now it's time to play the waiting game. I likely won't hear back again until tomorrow morning, and then I can order a proof of my book. I'm incredibly excited about that part. After years of being told I'm wasting my time and being turned down or looked over by agents, I'm finally going to hold that book in my hand and say, "I did it!"

To fellow writers, I say this: Don't give up. Even if you're writing is horrid and you don't think people will like it, do it anyway. Nothing is greater than saying you accomplished a goal you made for yourself. It's worth all the struggles in the end.
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Published on January 12, 2014 15:53
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