Guest Post: Emily Eddins gives 10 Tips for Indie Authors
Hello! Today I'm happy to present a guest post by my former Author Boot Camp student Emily Eddins, whose book Altitude Adjustment just hit shelves and sites. It recently hit the Top 5 in New Releases for short bios and memoirs.
Today she's here to share 10 Great Tips she learned during the self-publishing process. Independent authors take note!
Top Ten Pieces of Advice for Independent Authors
My book, Altitude Adjustment, hit the market this summer. It is a series of “laugh-out-loud funny” vignettes about life in a ski town in California. It took me a really long time to get from writing to publishing – ten years, in fact. Along the way, some of the essays that make up my book were published in literary journals. This helped me gain credibility as a writer. I did this with the help of the very awesome Writer’s Relief submission service. Check them out if you would like to publish with literary journals to build your resume.
While I eventually published three of the pieces in different literary journals, I originally created them as part of a collection. I wanted to send them out into the world that way. Rather than spend the next five years looking for agents and publishers, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge as an independent author. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way.
