Of the two major self-publishing programs that are there, I decided to go with Smashwords. This was directly due to the fact that their programming guide was a lot more user friendly than Amazon's Kindle programming guide (although their print programming guide is just a tad less ornery than the Kindle) and I knew quite a few writers who were quite happy with it.
My next course of action was to decide on what exactly I wanted to self-publish. While I did have a few novellas at the ready, I wasn't quite done with taking another crack at getting published the traditional way. So I settled for the next best thing: short stories. And it just so happened that I had a group of four short stories that I felt was a good representative sample of how I write. After taking one out due to some issues that I don't feel comfortable in elaborating on, but Smashwords has a strong policy about plagiarism and copyright infringement, I tweaked and did some last minute editing on three of the stories.
After purchasing a good photo from iStock and having a fellow writer/graphic designer do the cover for me gratis, I ambled over to Smashwords, and in the span of about week (work and family took precedence over the book) I had a nice short story trilogy all set to be published.
Entitled "Broken Promises", this short story trilogy marks my return to the world of self-publishing. All three stories revolve around the themes of love anew, love lost and love misplaced, and these stories are what I consider to be worthy examples of what and how I write. Feel free to click on the caption for further details.
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(c) 2014 by G.B. Miller. All Rights Reserved.
Congratulations, GB! Will mention your new release on Monday.
ReplyDeleteI liked that quite a lot! E is for excellent ;)
ReplyDeleteAlex: Many thanks for the upcoming shout out.
ReplyDeleteM: Thanks. :D
Good job on the A to Z Challenge. It's fun, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLynn: It has been interesting to say the least. And thanks. :D
ReplyDeleteWay to go and be proactive! I would love to publish a children's picture book someday, which doesn't lend itself to the e-book format...Don't know if I have the gumption to pursue the traditional channels. I'm enjoying seeing the blogging world through this A-Z hop!
ReplyDeleteSeezoeyrun: Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteSelf-publishing can be very rewarding if you use the right companies. I'll be elaborating more on that topic later during the challenge. And thank you for the compliment.
Welcome back into the indie fold! Hope you find success in your self-pub endeavors:)
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A to Z #TeamDamyanti
Samantha, thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteWell, with what I write (mostly novellas) it seems to be the way to go as most publishers don't really do novellas.
I don't know much about the self-publishing process, but clearly it's more complicated than I thought.
ReplyDeleteS.R.: It can be at times, but if you treat it like a business, it really does become a smooth process.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have struck a cord of excited interest and are on a roll with the A-Z challenge. Good job!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the release! So no plans for an eventual Amazon release? If that's the case, then I need to make myself a Smashwords account.
ReplyDeleteG.A.: I'm hoping so and I hope the interest stays afterwards. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteABFtS: I believe that Smashwords supports Amazon, as I have that option for my e-book. In fact it's available in almost a dozen formats. And thanks.