SillWill Land #22 “The Path Taken – A big step in my self-publishing journey”
Well, the time arrived to make a big decision regarding my commitment to self-publishing my paranormal historical novel. Yep, the rubber needed to hit the road, as it were. During my research into the self-publishing scene, I learned that that particular approach has many forms. This can range from being completely independent, going-it-alone for everything (the story, the editing, the cover design etc.), to hiring professional help for some of those practices but then still setting up all your retail platform accounts yourself and keeping track of everything on your own or you can set-up with an aggregator that will handle all those aspects for your for a fee. All these approaches have their pluses and minuses but in the end it all comes down to doing what works for you and what you might be able to afford.
Now, if you’re anything like me, taking a first big step can be kind of…well, anxiety-producing. For me, the way to address some of that has been to research what’s involved in self-publishing, to investigate the options mentioned above. That is after I had written what I consider a pretty good story. Apparently, some think I should have been investigating and even blogging about my novel before I had even completed it. I have done a little of that but personally I think you should have a novel under your belt or actually have done the work that makes you a writer before you claim to be a writer. However, this may be how the market works and despite all our pretentions of being called to this creative pursuit, making money matters. Unless, as I’ve said before, you’re independently wealthy – then you can do things in whatever manner you wish.
So, here I am making the announcement that I will be publishing my novel through an aggregator known as Tellwell Talent. It’s going to cost me some extra money but I’ve realized that, at this time, I wasn’t capable of handling and tracking all the different things that needed to be done on my own. Especially as I’ll be going for wide distribution across a number of platforms. More on that at a later time – not to mention that I’m planning a five-book series. In addition to my novels, SillWill Studios will also be releasing, at long last, The Sorcerer’s Children Adventure Card Game later this year. A lot going on in other words. I hope you can follow us on this journey. I’ll be revealing the title of my novel and the cover and the publication date and all the platforms that it will be found on and even some character art, all while continuing to produce new designs in our dragon series for our Redbubble Store. I promise an exciting ride and if you ever have any questions because you have novel-dreams of your own, drop me a line. I would love to hear about other people’s stories and experiences as I’ll be keeping you up-to-date on my own journey with Tellwell Talent.
