Nontraditional or Not

I’m starting to consider whether or not I ought to self-publish my books on Amazon once I determine I’m not getting much action from any agents. I have never wanted to go the self-publishing route, because traditional publishing has always been my dream.

But if I have a book that’s finished and just sitting there…maybe it’s better to get some feedback and experience. Even if the reviews were terrible, I’d still be able to learn from the experience. I could figure out how to make it better. And that feedback could only improve my future endeavors.

I have no idea if having a book already self-published hurts or helps your chances of getting an agent for future books. I guess I’d find that out by trying.

Part of me thinks if I could get enough books written on Kindle and people were reading them, it would create a nice stream of passive income. Making money from my stories would feel amazing, whether it was traditionally published or not.

Of course, having traditionally published books would feel a whole lot more amazing. I think it would be very validating. Like, my books are legit and officially have value.

I would like keeping more of the creative control, in a way. Although in another way, there’s very few changes I would object to if I had a book deal.

Of course, practically speaking, I have no idea how to market a book. Marketing has never been my thing. But perhaps it could become my thing. You never know.

I started writing my new book, Hawthorne Heights. I think it’s gonna be my best one yet. I should really make a mood board for it and update the rest of the website to include it.

There’s always so much to do. And never enough time to do it.

On an unrelated note, we’ve been watching Season 2 of Love is Blind and I’ve come to the unfortunate conclusion that love is not blind. Nor should it be.