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When I started, self-publishing was still finding its footing. No KDP, no print-on-demand, no social media algorithms. Just authors, stories, and readers.
Now? The game has changed. Some doors opened, others closed. But indie publishing is still about freedom—even if it's harder to hold onto.
What's changed most for you?
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#IndiePublishing #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife"

mountainthermit.blogspot.comTwo Decades of Self-Publishing: How My Approach Has Changed "Through writing, I strive to transport readers to another world, to merge their mind and heart with another being, to inspire, motivate, a...

Z-Tech Chronicles Book 5 partially takes pace on the Bay Area coast, near the Pacific Highway. I wanted to convey just how beautiful it is, so I pictured it in my mind and let the words flow.

Then, years later, @alexskunz posts this amazing pic that captured everything I wanted to say. Absolutely breathtaking.

mas.to/@alexskunz/114055382391

mas.toAlexander S. Kunz (@alexskunz@mas.to)Attached: 1 image #SilentSunday

@writingcommunity@a.gup.pe How do you deal with the excruciatingly long wait between finishing a manuscript and seeing it in print?

My debut novella has been waiting with the publisher so long that legend Jeff Noon read it and wrote a nice little review a full year and a half ago (, ). Edits and illustrations are complete, just waiting in line behind one other book now. 🥲

@bookstodon

:

- Buy their book.
- Review their book.
- Buy so many extra copies you can build a little fort.
- Take up residence inside the book fort.
- Make the news for refusing to leave the book fort until the book gets adapted into a movie.
- Watch the movie.
- Review the movie.

@bookstodon