Publishing Your First Novel

Publishing Your First Novel

Once you've written your first novel, you want others to read your first novel. Traditionally, you try to find an agent and a publisher to stamp your book with approval and put it on bookshelves. That system has changed. The not-so-new trend is self-publishing. Readers help good books rise to the top over time. It is a decentralized meritocracy that skips the middle-man, promises greater control and flexibility, and offers a better royalty rate.

Many have asked me how to do this, so I've tried to boil down dozens of guides and blogs into a few simple steps with a few useful links.

 

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Writing Your First Novel

Writing Your First Novel

Welcome to my new blog.  

Our lives are a swamp of words. We hear and consume 30,000-100,000 words a day. It is easy to get lost in that swamp. But words still have power. On this website, I hope to provide fresh and succinct insights into the art of writing, words, and life.

As I've recently written my first novel, Light in the Gloaming, I'm beginning with a roadmap for how I did it (actually, for how I wish I had done it now that I've fumbled my way through the first one).

Five Steps To Writing A Novel

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