D.I.Y

D.I. Y.

I have walked away from my  publishing company.

There is such a huge stigma about self-publishing that the decision of taking my work out of the hands of a reputable publisher and reclaiming it, was a huge one.  But I did it.  And while I am grateful to the publishers for choosing to publish my book from a sea of choices,  I was unwilling to sign over the rights and some of the major creative choices. 

It's a little scary being out here on my own, but I am pleased with my decision.  Since I am not an established author, I wasn't getting any perks anyway.  No up front cash (unless I wanted a limited print run), no great publicity campaign, no signing tours.  Nope, if I wanted any of that I have to get out and do it myself and still give them the lion's share.  But now, I get to keep the rights of MY words,  I'll end up making a tiny bit more money per book sale and I'm doing the same amount of work so over-all, it averages out.  

Luckily, the publishers and I did most everything before I bailed out of the contract.  The editing, the marketing plans, the layout... so all I had to was find a printing company.

Captive Heart will be a self- published book.  I worked extra hard to finish everything within the original deadlines.  I'm still working just as hard as if the publisher was hovering over me.  It's still being published, I am still the writer of the entire thing.  I just didn't trust someone else with my first born.

I thank you for your continued support as my job just got a little bit harder!