Journey So Far...

For those who are not familiar with my social media accounts or the podcasts I just wanted to post on here what we have achieved so far.

Let me start of by saying this journey is not for the faint of heart.

Self publishing can be summed up by a few words:

Demanding

Time Consuming

Endless Scheduling

Ridiculous Levels of Organizing

Customer Service Skills

And those are to just name a few. It is also worth it in every was as far as I'm concerned.

If I didn't scare you away I know you're here for the real deal and I am nothing if not honest about everything.

Step one for me was making the choice. In my very first podcast I go into detail about why I selected this option, the basic reason was in my first blog post. (read it)

Step two was deciding if my writing was good enough as it was to be published. Now I could click a few buttons and have my work available within minutes completely free, but instead I focused on the business side of things immediately.

- You must recognize your weaknesses and correct them.

In my case it was my grammar. Sure I can spin a great tale but my grammar is the death of me. Every. Single. Time. When I realized this and asked myself the question, is it ready? I knew the answer. No.

I was lucky and I found a website called Upwork. This website enabled me to find the Editor I was needing and get it professionally polished. This is also where I was able to find someone to work on my book cover. (Long story I will cover in the next blog post)

And here we are today. The editing has been completed and I am just waiting on the book cover, which from the drafts so far look amazing.

However my work is far from over. With the book cover almost completed I need to start focusing on marketing and a bunch of other fun little things I have going for the book release.

So far the self publishing journey has been a monster but you know the rewards have been just out of this world. I know this will all be worth it in the end.

Always keep fighting.

You are enough

Alison