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Author Interview: Jim Wills

I’m new here, but not to Indie publishing. As an introduction, answers to the questions on this site follow.

I worked as a developmental trade editor, professional business writer for more than twenty years; got me nowhere in fiction land, so I went Indie.
Started with Amazon/Create Space, then Smashwords; so far, so good. Smashwords is very impressive.
I’ve used every marketing venue out there, including radio interviews, book readings, local print advertising, library services. Working on a trailer.
I was compelled to write A Few Men Faithful: A Kavanagh Story I by my lifelong interest in Irish history, mythology,

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Jim Wills2011-10-09T19:29:48+02:00April 11th, 2011|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
When I was a teenager I started writing short stories and did not think about getting published until I was about 18. I studied up on the principles of publishing and sent my first manuscript off to an agent. After that I started getting rejections, but real life got in the way and I put it aside. I spent about 20 years doing something else, which never made me happy. Then I started writing again when I joined a fan club, and have been writing ever […]

Theresa M. Moore2011-04-08T18:52:28+02:00April 8th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

Q & A: Dick Peterson (By the Light: A Novel of Serial Homicide)

Q. How did you come to self-publish?

A. When I completed By the Light: A Novel of Serial Homicide, I merged into the insane traffic on the traditional publishing highway. My thought at the time was that the only way I could validate myself as a writer would be to entice an agent to represent me and for that agent to entice a publisher to cause my story to appear on bookshelves across the land.

That pursuit became my hobby for quite some time. Queries were sent to about 80 agents. They all have different ways in which you […]

Dick Peterson2011-04-03T06:23:12+02:00April 3rd, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Chris Wimpress

My novel ‘Joe is Online’ is probably the first piece of fiction in the world which was written FOR e-readers. It works on a Kindle – in fact it looks great on a Kindle and an iPad. ‘Joe is Online’ consists entirely of digital documents – blogs, emails, webchat logs, diary entries and websites. It tells a story of an online cult which triggers a wave of attacks both online and offline.

People have also been reading it on their iPhones and telling me that they think it works really well on a phone – something I was quite surprised […]

Chris Wimpress2017-08-24T03:44:54+02:00March 30th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

How to Write Kindle Articles: Kate Harper

I’m Kate Harper and I write articles for the Kindle. I recently published a 43 page booklet called “How to Publish and Sell Your Article on the Kindle: 12 Steps for Short Documents.” I’ve found that most people don’t realize you can publish and sell articles and short documents on the Kindle.

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

It was actually an accident. I was helping a girlfriend convert her book for the Kindle but before I posted it, I wanted to experiment on something small, so I pulled a travel article […]

Kate Harper2011-02-25T15:45:41+02:00February 25th, 2011|Categories: Interviews, Resources|

An Interview With Ryan Lybeck, Graphic Designer

You never know where a connection may be lurking.

I have Moo cards of all my books, with the front cover on one side, in full color and almost exactly the same aspect ratio as the finished book, and my website and email address on the back. I’m far too willing to ask people, after only a few moments of casual conversation, whether they are a reader, and if the answer is yes, to hand them one of these cards. Sometimes the results are more than what I’d hoped for.

Jennifer, a young lady who works at the local Blockbuster […]

Levi Montgomery2020-02-21T03:39:05+02:00February 24th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Book Cover Design Tips|

Emily Hill Interviews with Self-Publishing Review

An Interview with Emily Hill, author of “All Smart Cookies Can Self Publish: A Step by Step 2011 Guide to Independent Publishing” and also “JENKINS: Confederate Blockade Runner”

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published
traditionally?

I came to ‘the dark side’ ;] after attending the Summer 2010 PNWA conference. Andres Dubois, the Welcome speaker had asked the sea of 500 writers how many had found their agent that year…he waited for the response scanning the audience. Five writers raised their hands. Five out of five hundred were not good odds in my book […]

Emily Hill2011-02-23T15:57:22+02:00February 23rd, 2011|Categories: Interviews|

A brief interview with Jeff Thomason

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

I wrote a book and was only going to publish it on the Kindle, but I was so pleased with how it turned out, I decided to offer it in print. I had very specific ideas about the format, the cover, the layout, and the illustrations I wanted in the book. Friends of mine who have published thru traditional routes have told me how little (ie. none) control they had over the actual design and printing of the book. I knew I could do what I […]

Jeff Thomason2014-05-06T10:27:08+02:00February 22nd, 2011|Categories: Interviews|