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Of Time, Human Imagination, and the Gift of Self-Publishing…

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I recently read a discussion, Attention Self-Published Authors at Definitive Serious Writers Group at LinkedIn, on the stigma self-publishing bears and that many self-published authors perpetuated by not giving enough attention to the quality of all aspects of creating a well-written narrative and packaging it in enticing aesthetics.

I turned to self-publishing because I am a wife and mother and needed adequate time to write and refine my book.

My first publication, a collection of short stories, served as my MFA thesis and was published in 2007. Two years year after earning my MFA in Creative Writing, I wrote a novel.

On seeing the manuscript lying on the coffee table in the study my husband lifted and read it. “This needs to be published,” when he reached the end. My husband is not a writer and has the patience of an ant.

He’s what I would define as typical and no less demanding reader who wants to be taken away. My husband is a sharp thinker.

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Self-Publishing v. Traditional Publishing

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Self-Publishing v. Traditional Publishing

What are the differences between traditional publishing and self-publishing?

Where do the two converge?

Where do they stand distinct?

What if your book is non-fiction or fiction?

How does this affect they way to seek to bring it to print?

How do you balance marketing your book–fiction or non-fiction–with writing the book?

Can authenticity and embedding a bit of yourself–who you truly are–in your promotion tactics create an effective marketing strategy, one that pays off in both the establishment of your brand, and achieves the sale of books?

Non-fiction author Sharon Saylor, and fiction writer, Anjuelle Floyd will address these questions during Self-Publishing v. Traditional Publishing, a discussion hosted and moderated by Elizabeth Stark Powers, author of Shy Girl: A Novel, writing teacher, and founder of Book Writing World.
http://www.bookwritingworld.com

Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Time: 9am PDT, 10am MT, 11am CDT, 12 pm EDT

To listen to, or join this online meeting go to:
https://bookwritingworld.webex.com/bookwritingworld/j.php?ED=140042922&UID=490696632&PW=NYTY5YTRmZmQ3&RT=MiM0

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Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…

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The past two weeks have been a blur.

I’m in the last stages of editing my novel, The House, that is due out later this year, and times have been quite interesting.

It’s funny what happens when you reach a point of having to let go of a book and “put it out there” so to speak.

For me it’s a scary time.

And particularly so, since I’m self-publishing. My first work, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident” a collection of short stories, was brought to print by a traditional publishing house.

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