Thank you :) I look forward to the day when I get to do book signings. Well... actually, not really. It would mean being around a lot of people and I don't do well in crowds.
If you do decide to go the self-publishing route, edit your book like crazy. Get a whole bunch of people to read it - family, friends, but most especially someone who's going to give you their honest opinion (and it also wouldn't hurt if they had some mad spelling and grammer skills;)). The biggest stumbling block with my book was that when people helped me edit, they were only looking for spelling errors, not grammer mistakes, plot holes, structure problems, etc. I nearly published the book as it was until my brother read it (he's a very avid reader and recognized that my book was in need of a few more edits).
That was three years ago... I think. Maybe four. I believe, as a whole, it took six years to publish this book. So some patience may be in order as well ;)
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If you do decide to go the self-publishing route, edit your book like crazy. Get a whole bunch of people to read it - family, friends, but most especially someone who's going to give you their honest opinion (and it also wouldn't hurt if they had some mad spelling and grammer skills;)). The biggest stumbling block with my book was that when people helped me edit, they were only looking for spelling errors, not grammer mistakes, plot holes, structure problems, etc. I nearly published the book as it was until my brother read it (he's a very avid reader and recognized that my book was in need of a few more edits).
That was three years ago... I think. Maybe four. I believe, as a whole, it took six years to publish this book. So some patience may be in order as well ;)