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My road to self-publishing part 2

Life in the fast lane Welcome back to my road to self-publishing part 2. Part 1 saw the fledgling manuscript of ShockWaves. my YA action-adventure, appraised by Cornerstones Literary Consultancy. After several edits, they thought it was ready to fly. I opted to let Cornerstones submit for me. Yes, there would be a payment if the manuscript sold, and there was …

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My road to self-publishing. Part 1

The birth of the idea. Today is my book’s birthday. I pressed publish on ShockWaves on 12/12/12 (Yes, I’m a numbers freak and I thought that date was awesome). That makes it officially 4 years old. But ShockWaves had a long and difficult birth. Here’s the first part of the story that led to my self-publishing adventure. Back in 2006, …