The doubts and fears of an indie author
There are times when I wonder why I decided to venture down the path of an indie author instead of attempting to become a traditionally published author. I had no clue about either path or what it would involve from me. I had heard the horror stories of manuscripts sent only to die unread in some editor's office because no one wanted to gamble on the unknown. I believe they call it a "slush pile" which honestly makes no sense to me. If I'm being completely honest, a lot of what's involved in the publishing world makes no sense to me. But i digress, so let's try to stay focused. While scrolling through my Facebook I saw an ad for self publishing through something called Book Baby. It promised my book would be published on ten different e book formats, and Kindle and Nook were the top two mentioned. It was a pay service, of course, and I went with the deluxe package as I had no clue what I was doing and I figured the extra "hand holding" mi...
