Self-publishing seemed the right route for my fiction, which is not genre and not easy to categorize outside of a genre either. I created my own publishing house (which is to say went pro on all aspects of the process, including incorporation, design, press kits, PR launch, etc…)long before it was easy–you had to order 5,000 copies and warehouse them yourself. I easily spent as much money on that book and the promotion as I made with my published edition. But I was able to design the cover, keep the title I wanted, and know it would never go out of print unless I decided it would. I was also able to sell it to a Spanish and a German publisher without splitting profits or getting permission. There is also great satisfaction in a job well done, and I now have three novels out that have all gotten great reviews.

This blog is an experiment, so I can’t yet say how it will turn out. I’m having fun with it, and it is challenging me even more than my other novels because I’m doing it in public and creating the videos to share the process. That changes the process, so it keeps me on my toes.

In the end, I’d say self-publishing is perfect for most of my fiction. Since I don’t have a big teen audience, I’d like to sell The Mayden Chronicles to a publisher. There is a large teen fiction audience out there, and a mainstream publisher knows how to reach them better than I do. But we will see! I’m staying open.

Thanks for asking! Robin