Hi, !
I'm so excited to announce that Twisted by Time and Devoured by Darkness both made it to the top 50 YA Time Travel ebooks last week! 😄 I'm thrilled and humbled that so many people are reading and enjoying my stories 😊
One of the top questions I get asked is: Why did you decide to self-publish?
Self-publishing isn't what it was ten years ago! There are millions of indie authors out there making a comfortable living off of their books. Just take a look at the bestsellers on the Kindle Store on Amazon. Over half of them are published by indie authors! Isn't that incredible?
I did try the traditional route. I went to writing conferences, pitched my story to agents, queried agents by email, made tons of edits, etc, etc, etc. It was a very slow and lengthy process. Literary gents take two weeks or more to get back to you about a query. If they want to read your manuscript, it can take six months to a YEAR to get a response.
After two years of contacting agents, I realized at this rate, I might never get published because I'd be too busy waiting around for responses. And even if an agent signed with me, I would still have to wait while they shopped around my manuscript to different publishing houses, and even after getting a publishing contract, it could take a year or two for the book to actually be published.
I could've kept pushing. I could've said, "I will not stop until an agent makes me an offer!" But I realized if I did that, I could be waiting five years, ten years, even my whole life and never make my dream come true. So I scrapped the novel I was working on, researched the market, read a ton of indie books to see what I was getting myself into, and then wrote Twisted by Time. One thing I love about being an indie author is I set the schedule. I make the rules. I released three books in 90 days! That's pretty incredible 😊
Do you have any questions you want to ask me? Feel free to reply to this email and ask!
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