I jumped through all the hoops and did all the things I think I need to do in order to make my newest novel, A Desperate Path Through the Stars, available as a paperback. I think. I hope?
It’s a lot of hoops. And a lot of things can go wrong. Typos, formatting errors, making sure the pages show up where they’re supposed to show up… just lots of fiddly little things which, again, is not why I’m a writer. I don’t fall asleep at nights dreaming of modifying margins or counting pages.
Alas, such is the life of a writer these days. At least until I can get signed and afford to have a publisher handle all this stuff for me (although I would then lose the ability to pick a cover artist… so it’s not all bad being independent).
The price of my paperbacks has been creeping up too, as Amazon increases the price to get books printed. Thankfully not too bad yet, but it’s something I’m going to have to stay aware of.
Anyway! That was a full morning of doing silly paperwork… time to do some actual writing!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!