Thoughts on Publishing My First Book

OUT IN THE OPEN is officially available for purchase. But before I continue pimping my book, I want to tell a quick story about how I got here.

First, let me pimp my sexy cover quickly. Okay, good. I won't pimp again until the very end.

Last June, I couldn't breathe. 
I'd been reading about self-publishing for years. It was getting bigger and better and more writers were finding success. I got more and more interested...but I never took the plunge. I would read JA Konrath and Hugh Howey and...