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How to self-publish your novel – a workshop is announced

As some of you may know, I was a teacher for thirty four years before I became a writer. Now that I have co-founded an indie collaborative, published three novels, (one of which became a bestseller in its genre), reached the final of the prestigious Exeter Novel Prize, and written 52,000 words of my fourth novel – it seemed a natural progression that I should share what I’ve learned with other writers.

my last day as a deputy headteacher

Over the last year and a half I have given talks to writers’ groups, Ladies’ Luncheon Clubs, RNA chapters, third year Arts students at De Montfort University, Leicester and organised self-publishing workshops. I am very excited about my latest venture – outlined above – a four hour talk on how to self publish one’s novel. It wasn’t until I started planning my talk that I realised how far I’d come and how much I’d learned since publishing Tall, Dark and Kilted in November 2012.

SELF PUBLISHING IS NOT FOR SISSIES

So what will I cover during my talk?

here’s a brief outline –

what to do now you’ve finished your novel
where to have your manuscript critiqued, edited, proofread, formatted for kindle
where to buy stock images/ have front cover images professionally designed
Amazon ISBN vs Nielsen ISBN – which is best for an indie author?
point attendees towards two ‘how to’ self-help books available in the kindle library
explain the difference between formatting a ms for Kindle and Paperback
how to negotiate your way round CreateSpace and create your ‘free’ paperback
Tax witholding for non-US publishers
explain how KDP Select/ KNRP/Kindle Unlimited works for indie publishers
to preorder or not?
how Scotch on the Rocks became a best seller within two weeks of publication
how to form an indie collaborative

Many thanks to Alison Knight, fellow member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association for inviting me to give this talk. Here’s Alison’s latest novel – Rosie Goes to War..