Q&A with R.M. Gilmore discussion

I didn't want to give up ANYTHING! I suppose in a certain way this may have impacted my career negatively at first, seeing as though I am responsible for marketing, editing, promoting, and publishing.
But in the long run I feel as though it will all come together. I will find my niche and my audience will find me.
As long as I can keep my head from spinning off my shoulders I'll be fine.

Are you an indie author? Spill it!
Have questions about how to go indie, what it takes, and things to avoid? Ask away!

i know nothing about going indie. here's the only thing i know:

over the past 15 years i've written three novels but made no effort to market any of them.

none of the three is probably worth marketing, but i now have four more stories that i feel are the "good" ones. while i write those, i figured it would be worth putting the others on smashwords and goodreads and kindle just to see what might happen.

my thought (with no great knowledge) is not really to go indie. it's more like putting the not-as-good stuff where anyone can read it for .99 while i work on what i might call the "real" books.

that's all i got.

Hey, we all gotta have something, right?
If a publisher were to come to me tomorrow and offer me a book deal I'm not sure I would take it.
Granted, I am selling maybe one book a day and would likely sell more if I was traditionally published. I don't like following rules or being under someones thumb, thus, I am indie. For now anyway.
If, by some miracle, I publish the second and even third in this series and they do well then maybe I'll have more pull with a publishing company. Until then, I will continue to make squat on my hard work and know, with all it's flaws, it's all mine. No one told me to change anything, no one forced my hand, the story remains my brainchild and that's just the way I like it.

Fin.

No one can read your stuff if it's sitting in a closet. Publish or Perish! I say. :o)

"Fin." That's cool.

Smashwords, createspace, goodreads all beat a closet.