Everything else is an e-book, but I will throw in a signed copy of Writer Mama because we are celebrating mom authors.
Everything else is an e-book, but I will throw in a signed copy of Writer Mama because we are celebrating mom authors.
Hooray For A Valentine’s Day Book Giveaway!
I am creating a movement of hybrid authors who become their own publishing imprints before deciding to traditionally publish. And we are having so much fun doing it.
To celebrate, I am giving away all of these e-books to one lucky person.
These are all outstanding examples of how to micro-publish with professional panache. And one lucky winner is going to win the whole she-bang, plus a signed copy of Writer Mama.
Here’s the list of awesome e-books by mom writers:
Ready, Set, Sleep by Malia Jacobson LINK
Sleep Tight Every Night by Malia Jacobson LINK
What To Expect From Your Adopted Tween by Judy M. Miller LINK
Captain of her Crew: The Commercial Fishing Mom’s Guide To Navigating Life At Home by Jen Karuza Schile LINK
Mother-Daughter Book Club Meeting Planner Guides Collection One by Cindy Hudson LINK
Detachment Parenting by Heidi Smith Luedtke LINK
NEW Confidently Connected by Christa Melnyk Hines LINK
Author Mama by Christina Katz LINK
Discover Your Platform Potential by Christina Katz A $19 value! LINK
COMING SOON Sexy, Smart & Search-engine Friendly by Lela Davidson Coming Soon to LINK
All you have to do is answer one of these two questions:
What is holding you back from micro-publishing an e-book in your specialty or in an area that you feel passionate about? Is what’s holding you back a lack of publishing experience, a lack of confidence, a lack of funds, a fear of failure, a lack of permission—or what is it?
And if you are not feeling held back, then please answer the alternate question:
What motivated you to micro-publish and how did you make sure that you delivered as professional a product as possible?
Please do not include links in your comment. Deadline for comments is — EXTENDED — Sunday, February 17th at midnight.
The winner will be drawn by random selection and announced on Monday, February 18th. Hope you can join in the fun!
E-books will be delivered next week, except for Sexy, Smart & Search Engine Friendly, which will arrive closer to its launch date, which is March 19th.
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When I wrote my series of e-books, I had them professionally edited. At first I hesitated. Then after I got back the edits, I was so glad I did. We cannot edit our own work. We will never get it all. And the editor I paid caught not only punctuation and spelling errors, but discrepancies in layout and format.
What’s holding me back of publishing experience, a lack of confidence, a lack of funds, a fear of failure and difficult building writing time into my daily routine.
At this moment, it’s the thought of “hey I might like to do that,” but having no idea how the process works. It’s still a “someday” dream, but definitely on my mind!
I haven’t really thought about publishing an ebook, and I’m not sure what I’d write one on. I’m just getting back to writing things that are based on my interest.
Carol’s comment about getting your work edited is great. I’m an editor as well as a writer, and while I have a great eye when looking at other’s work, I know I need another set of eyes for my work.
What’s holding me back is not having the platform to know that anyone would read what I wrote.
I’m working on a project that I’d like to micro-publish by the end of the year. I think it’s taking longer than it should to complete because of a lack of confidence and fear of failure. The cost of future editing and book design is also an issue.
I am considering two different ebooks. What is holding me back right now is lack of funds and lack of time.
I published my own children’s book via Amazon. While it hasn’t sold much at all, being able to have a physical copy of A Home for Harley in my hands is pretty cool. It’s also made me familiar with the process of ebook publishing and self-publishing, which I think definitely has increased my self-confidence in that area. My book was edited by a teacher at my college who is experienced in that, as well as my husband. I’m really pretty proud of it.
Interesting question. I am somewhere between the two in that I have felt held back by a lack of knowledge in the past but have been busy both learning about ebook publishing and writing my ebook in 2013. Hoping to have it ready for publication in the next few months and feeling (fairly) confident that I am now quite savvy about epublishing.
This is a great self reflecting question Christine.. thank you. I have two or more ebooks I’m sitting on atm .. in my mind. I write for others, yet find it difficult to write for myself. I need to move beyond that barrier and believe in myself and my ability to deliver what others want to read. I think no matter how much others believe in you, you need to believe in yourself.
I am still finding my specialty. Then I will need help with the confidence.
There’s more than one thing holding me back from publishing. I write-write-write, but I am afraid I’m not good enough to earn money for it. So, I’ve created a sidelines business to make money… which I keep spending on writing craft books, conferences, online lessons…
I allow myself to be distracted by everything else: business, family, volunteer opportunities, and social networking. I admin a writers’ group on Facebook and I’ve seen so many of them debut — I’m jealous!
So, to sum up… I guess life balance and chutzpah are keeping me from achieving my goals. I can see them… I’m so close… and yet so far away.
First off, I completely agree that Jeannette Walls’ Glass Castle is a must read, especially if you’re writing a memoir. I also kept Mary Karr, Lillian Hellman, Isabel Allende, and Cheryl Strayed on my nightstand to remind me of the importance of distance, compassion, and humor as I wrote my memoir. During the past year I made solid progress on my manuscript and blog in part by reading and rereading “Get Known Before the Deal” among other such books, attending Webinars, subscribing to The Prosperous Writer and participating in the 21 Moments Writing Challenges.
Something always holds me back from illness to procrastination and fear, but I took Writer Mama’s advice and chipped away it every day. Now I’m Self-publishing “Stretch Marks” and the E-book and paperback will be available on Amazon in March 2013.
What is holding me back from publishing an ebook is that I am not sure I will get it right and I am afraid to produce something that isn’t perfect. I’m afraid that if it is not perfect enough, no one will be interested in reading it.
I think what’s holding me back is a lack of platform — I have an idea for an e-book, but I’d like to build a little of a platform and to find out how big my potential audience is. I think my audience may be a little too specific to be marketable to traditional publishers but might just be a great fit for micro-publishing.
What’s holding me back are all the business end details that I don’t know about — incorporating, filing licenses, and all the decisions that go with it. It just feels like a big unknown, so I’m looking forward to the class to help me chunk it down into manageable pieces.
Oh yes, pick me!!! LOL Writing for the love of it. 🙂 I am micro publishing and loving it. Advice: Hire an editor and do a professional cover.
What is holding me back: it used to be lack of platform. Now, I have a platform. A marvelous, wonderful, important platform, but lack the time to make it happen. I guess some of the know-how is lacking, too. But, I will make it happen now that my platform is so unique and also solid. Thanks for this chance!!
I’m just starting to think about writing professionally, but the thing that keeps me from dreaming that far is lack of confidence. I need to get going to discover what exactly I can offer, but right now I can’t help but imagine myself in an American Idol audition type of crowd and wondering, in the middle of all these folks trying to do the same thing, do I really have anything particularly special or interesting to say!?
What is holding me back is lack of knowledge on the process and lack of time. What a great offer…thanks!
I need more experience writing shorter pieces first before I tackle a longer project like an e-book.
I do not feel like a real writer. I love writing. I am constantly thinking about things to write about or stories to write. I love it when I sit down and work on something that stirs me. My grammar and spelling skills are lacking and it keeps me from writing publically. What I write is special to me that it sometimes feels to vunerable to put it out there for the public. So I’d say it’s fear and a lack of confidence that hold me back. As well as a lack of knowledge of how to.
I have 3 ideas I’ve been thinking about publishing for a few years now and it’s so frustrating to have the seed planted but not have done anything with it yet. Just this year, I’m realizing my problem is I’m waiting for permission. I’m not sure from who or why but apparently that’s my nature. I’m trying hard to just pull the trigger and give myself permission. Oddly enough, after I stopped by this post, I discovered two posts in my Google reader which dealt directly with not waiting for permission. I think the universe is telling me something!
It amazes me that such an intangible thing has the power to paralyze me from taking action. I have no worries about funding or failure. I can deal with all that stuff, my super power is hyper-optimism. But permission stumps me. This weekend I’m going to prescribe myself some good books on the subject. Time to unravel what the heck that’s rooted in and start giving myself the green light!
I’d like to say that it’s a lack of knowledge but I stop myself because the knowledge is not out of reach.
My hesitancy comes from a lack of confidence. I write. I edit. I rewrite. I’ve even gone so far as to show a few honest friends within my circle but I cannot seem to make the leap to actually submit something.
Working on it!
I guess all of the above is an obstacle. I am my own worst enemy. I lack confidence, I am not sure were to start and when I do get started I am not sure where to go from there. I would be more confident if I worked through that issue. My husband and I are starting over in many areas of our lives so a lack of funds is an issue. I am not afraid of failing, it’s at least getting some feedback, its getting to the point of submitting for feedback, getting it done that seems to be holding me back. Starting out has been difficult. I am not sure I am qualified, I am not accredited in any writing courses. I am not even sure if it would matter. However, what I do know is that I want to succeed and failure is not an option! 🙂
All of the above, but I’m pressing forward regardless.
What is holding me back is the work of rewriting what I have written so far, or gaining copyright release of what I have written for the newspaper. I am still working with the editor and manager to work that out so that I can micro-publish for people outside my community.
I was motivated to self-publish an e-book because I believed I had a message for stepfamilies that needed to be heard. I did my best to make it as professional as possible by using a professional editor and a reputable company to help with the composition of it.
My problem has always been that I always thought, since writing was so enjoyable for me, that it could never be a career. I don’t know where got that mindset, but I grew up thinking a job was something that you got paid for, but that nobody enjoyed going to. SO, I wasted a LOT of time in jobs I hated because I thought that was what I was supposed to do. And I only did my writing whenever I had spare time, which was pretty much “never.” I never MADE time for it. But now, after many horrible jobs, a divorce, and devoting every minute of my time to my kids for the last 12 years, I realize staying in bad,unhappy, situations is NOT the right thing to do. You HAVE to make yourself happy because nobody else will. So now, I’m changing my whole way of thinking and finally doing what makes me happy….finally starting to write the book I always wanted to write!
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