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Helping Writers Become Authors

Episode #519: 15 Steps to Self-Publish Your Book

Helping Writers Become Authors

K.M. Weiland

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Once you've decided in favor of the indie route, what are the actual steps to self-publish your book? Use this actionable list.

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This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 500th 19th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

0:16.8

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0:42.4

As I hinted at in last week's podcast, I think I finally made the breakthrough I've been looking for in my

0:49.2

fantasy work in progress.

0:51.4

At this point, even though I've been blocked for so long, I have tons of

0:56.3

notes about the story. And other than a few technical questions here and there, I'm

1:01.6

beginning to feel I may know most of what I need to know

1:04.4

about the story, even with the major changes I've made to the antagonist and thus the plot.

1:11.2

However, I'm getting the feeling again that I'm losing the trees in the forest. So this

1:16.2

week I'm going old school and cracking out the index cards to try to get a big picture view of

1:22.1

potential scenes, chapters, and povies.

1:26.0

This kind of tactile approach is always fun, if a little messy.

1:31.5

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this week's episode, 15 steps to self-publish your book.

1:39.6

What are the steps to self-publish your book? The modern boom of independent publishing has put the power to publish in the hands

1:48.8

of authors if they choose to use it.

1:51.7

But even once you've decided in favor of the

1:54.2

Indy route over the traditional path of soliciting agents and pitching to

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