Independent Publishing Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/category/on-publishing/independent-publishing/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Impulsivity, Fear and Flash https://booksbywomen.org/impulsivity-fear-and-flash-by-jodi-barnes/ https://booksbywomen.org/impulsivity-fear-and-flash-by-jodi-barnes/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:51:50 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10300 Impulsivity is something that doesn’t really work in the publishing world. We are wisely warned to be patient, to practice and hone our craft, to ask for as much feedback from other writers and editors as possible before pressing send or wrapping our bundle into a FedEx envelope. And yet, three weeks ago I felt […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/impulsivity-fear-and-flash-by-jodi-barnes/feed/ 9 10300 The Writing and Publishing Process https://booksbywomen.org/the-writing-and-publishing-process/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-writing-and-publishing-process/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:29:59 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8917 For many years I have written on and off. Writing is a large part of my life and I simply couldn’t live without being able to get all my thoughts and ideas down and making sense of them all. Two years ago, I decided it was time to take my writing to a more serious […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-writing-and-publishing-process/feed/ 6 8917 Elephants Dancing in My Tummy: And The Angels Cried https://booksbywomen.org/elephants-dancing-in-my-tummy-and-the-angels-cried-by-annette-thomson/ https://booksbywomen.org/elephants-dancing-in-my-tummy-and-the-angels-cried-by-annette-thomson/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:19:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7872 I have a herd of elephants dancing in my tummy; my head aches and I am intermittently overcome by a wave of panic which starts at my toes and oozes from my fingers as I type; I’m not sleeping too well either. I’m not ill or on drugs – unless you count the medicinal Pinot […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/elephants-dancing-in-my-tummy-and-the-angels-cried-by-annette-thomson/feed/ 9 7872 Three Books in One Year https://booksbywomen.org/three-books-in-one-year-by-ellie-rose-mckee/ https://booksbywomen.org/three-books-in-one-year-by-ellie-rose-mckee/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:25:22 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7285 I have self-published three books this year. And in February, 2013 I intend to release one more. If you’d have told me this at the start of the 2012, I probably wouldn’t have believed you, but that was before I realized the process was so quick, simple, and inexpensive – compared to my expectations, that is. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/three-books-in-one-year-by-ellie-rose-mckee/feed/ 2 7285 Deer in the Headlights: A Marketing Pro Self-Publishes https://booksbywomen.org/deer-in-the-headlights-a-marketing-pro-self-publishes-by-teresa-fritschi/ https://booksbywomen.org/deer-in-the-headlights-a-marketing-pro-self-publishes-by-teresa-fritschi/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:30:56 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3706 I should have known. In the passions of finally committing myself to the authorship of a book, one I knew from the beginning I would not shop with literary agents or publishing houses, I utterly failed myself in not treating my book, All That I Need, or Live Like a Dog With Its Head Out the […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/deer-in-the-headlights-a-marketing-pro-self-publishes-by-teresa-fritschi/feed/ 2 3706 QUEER GREER: From Self-Published to Indie Pubbed https://booksbywomen.org/queer-greer-from-self-published-to-indie-pubbed-by-a-j-walkley/ https://booksbywomen.org/queer-greer-from-self-published-to-indie-pubbed-by-a-j-walkley/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:03:01 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4114 I wrote my first novel, Queer Greer, in 2007. The arduous process of querying literary agents and publishers started the following year. Several dozen rejection letters later, I was not dissuaded from my belief that I had a publishable piece of work – only that, perhaps, the traditional publishing route was not the best way […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/queer-greer-from-self-published-to-indie-pubbed-by-a-j-walkley/feed/ 8 4114 The Challenges of Self-Publishing – And Why I’d Do It Again https://booksbywomen.org/the-challenges-of-self-publishing-and-why-id-do-it-again-by-jill-salzman/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-challenges-of-self-publishing-and-why-id-do-it-again-by-jill-salzman/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:15:29 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3970 With a publisher, fame and fortune would certainly follow.  Right? The idea for Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs came to me in the night.  Literally.  At 2 AM, I raced to a lined yellow pad and each of the 51 chapters fell out of my head and onto the paper.  Just like […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-challenges-of-self-publishing-and-why-id-do-it-again-by-jill-salzman/feed/ 11 3970 The Key to Selling Self-Published Books https://booksbywomen.org/the-key-to-selling-self-published-books-by-amelia-james/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-key-to-selling-self-published-books-by-amelia-james/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:30:32 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3225 Self-published authors face an uphill battle when it comes to marketing and selling our books. The stigma that self-published books face is a tough one to shed. And, to top it off, most of us don’t have much help promoting our books. So selling self-published books is a challenge. I have a Twitter account with […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-key-to-selling-self-published-books-by-amelia-james/feed/ 6 3225 The Many Lives of a Love Story: The Curiosity Cabinet https://booksbywomen.org/the-many-lives-of-a-love-story-the-curiosity-cabinet-by-catherine-czerkawska/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-many-lives-of-a-love-story-the-curiosity-cabinet-by-catherine-czerkawska/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:57:46 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=2111 As a writer, you must fall in love with the idea of the book in your head. It’s hard to describe this process to anyone who hasn’t experienced it. It isn’t anything like the white heat of inspiration that new writers sometimes anticipate. So much of writing is perspiration rather than inspiration. But the idea of […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-many-lives-of-a-love-story-the-curiosity-cabinet-by-catherine-czerkawska/feed/ 7 2111 a heart offering: her white tree https://booksbywomen.org/a-heart-offering-by-terri-st-cloud/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-heart-offering-by-terri-st-cloud/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:26 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=1974 She was telling me the story so I’d understand that my work was doing some good stuff. It mattered to her that I held this. And as I have trouble holding the idea that my words can touch like they do, I was paying careful attention. I wanted to hold it – I think more […]

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