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I didn’t expect to spend 2024 learning the ins and outs of self-publishing. But life comes at you fast. Going indie is a lot of work. Is it worth it? That depends on how you define success. For me, success means this: I'm proud to call myself an author again.
Our stories deserve to be told. Some courageous authors have spoken out publicly. Others asked me to share their story anonymously. I'm dedicating this blog post to spotlighting their statements.
Previously on my City Owl Press story: with books falling through the cracks, broken promises, and contract concerns, they’d lost my trust and I’d lost my faith. The dream of making a career as an author seemed more distant every day. But that was just the beginning.
When I signed with City Owl Press, I had a dream of making a career for myself as a traditionally published author. After my botched second book release, I let that dream fade away. “City Owl Depressed” I had serious nerves before posting the first part of this story last week. Part of those nerves … Continue reading Why I Got My Rights Back, Part 2: Burned Out
Thank you so much for your support this week as I rereleased Cambion’s Law! I’m relieved the book I worked so hard on is out in the world again. You can buy it in paperback or ebook now, but if you're buying the paperback, just be sure you get the right one. Some of the … Continue reading Why (And How) I Got My Rights Back, Part 1: Slow Burn
It's been a long, weird year so far. No, I'm not talking about the year (and some) since I last wrote in this blog, though 2023 was also...eventful. I may have girlbossed a bit too close to the sun, but that's a story for another blog. My friends, I'm talking about this year. All three … Continue reading Author News: The Cambion Series Will Return in 2024!
How did it get to be July already?! But I'm excited that it is, because July is #SelfPitch month! The brainchild of indie author Shoshana Rain with some coparenting from me, #SelfPitch is happening July 13 and 14 this year. During July, I'm also trying to take it a little bit easy (she said, as … Continue reading Meet #SelfPitch: a Pitch Event for Indie Book Lovers!
Read on for an excerpt from Cambion's Blood! My debut year has come and gone. In a way, it's nice to be able to say that. There’s so much expectation and pressure wrapped up in first-time authorship. I wrote here extensively about my debut experience. It was a wild year of ups and downs, lessons … Continue reading Debut No More: Why the Second Book Hits Different
This is the house that oligopoly built... When I originally set out to blog on this topic two weeks ago, I intended to write an explainer of WHY publishing is not okay. My first draft focused on professional burnout, the oligopoly of the Big Four, disruptive technology, and how labor exploitation lines the pockets of … Continue reading The Publishing Industry Is Not Okay. Now What?
It’s better to have no agent than a bad agent. Spend any time in author spaces and you will hear this time and time again. For writers stuck in querying hell, it probably grates on the nerves. It seems easy for an author who already has representation to say, but what does it mean? How … Continue reading Red Flag Warnings: How to Spot a Shady Literary Agent
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