Guess who’s going into indie publishing?
posted by: ShonBaconYep, me.
It’s been a thought of mine for a while now – publishing my own work. Me and a partner-in-crime are hoping to publish our first project at the end of the year.
Here’s dilemma one – I have a lot of books, but have no idea which one to publish first, LOL
This is where YOU guys will come in. Between Friday and Sunday, I will post the first 1,000 words to five books, and I’m hoping that you all will read and make comments on which beginning you liked the best….based on some of your thoughts and my own, I’ll pick the book to launch our indie publishing endeavor.
Be on the look out, 
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Tags: Indie Publishing, Novel Writing
6 Responses to “Guess who’s going into indie publishing?”
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February 6th, 2009 at 5:26 am
Without reading may I suggest “Empty Swings”? I really like that story, unless it’s not one of the five.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
It IS actually one of the five, LOL I’m particularly fond of that story, too.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:24 am
I am so excited for you! I love EMPTY SWINGS, but I love everything you write. I’m off to read.
February 7th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Hey, T,
This is a great comments to read first thing Saturday morning, thanks, girl.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Heard you on BlogTalk Radio with LoveBabz. Enjoyed it, but when you were about to talk about a subject that interests me, the old stigmas attached to self-publishing (my interest evidenced by an old poll I posted, http://pinurl.com/sp_poll), you were cut off. Would you please elaborate on that here? Since you are about to self-publish your work, I assume you no longer feel constrained by traditional ideas about how to publish. I’d be inclined to agree because we see so many writers who are now making a living who started out publishing their own work and are later picked up by publishing houses.
BTW, you may be interested in a post by Lainad at BlogHer on black romance novels. It has a few comments. It would be cool if you have something to add.
http://www.blogher.com/black-romance-novels-historical-romances-ghetto-lit
February 7th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hey there,
Going to check out the link you sent in a second.
I had a girlfriend e-mail me last night saying, “Congrats, now what is indie publishing?” LOL
It’s really the same as self-publishing, but there is such a negative stigma to that term that I wanted a term that had a more positive connotation.
We have indie filmmakers – those who gather the resources to put together a movie and distribute it and showcase it as festivals, etc.
We have indie musicians – those who gather their music onto albums and distribute them and make a living off their talents.
Aren’t we indie publishers – those who gather our words into books and distribute them and make (or attempt to make as the others above do, too) a living off our talents?
No one belittles indie filmmakers and say their work is crap and shoddy. In fact, a few of them indie filmmakers find themselves in bidding wars from traditional production companies when their works are featured at Sundance and other outlets.
No one belittles the indie musician who starts off making mixtapes and hustling in underground clubs, and getting word on the street about him and then finds himself in the public eye, with a record deal from a traditional music company because he has talent.
Why should us writers – artists in our own right – be held to any standard beneath the one illustrated above?
Yep, I went off a bit. LOL
Maybe this should be reposted as its own post, eh?