The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 9

Synonyms for the word BEG: Seek, Request, Ask, Appeal To, Implore, Beseech, Plead, Entreat. Another: A writer soliciting whoever they can in whatever manner possible to read their book. Unfortunately,…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 8

OK, so now my book was published. What should I do next? I felt almost like a new mom bringing the baby home for the first time, asking myself “Oh…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 7

So, to publish a book, the first thing I had to do was choose a service. I didn’t have much money to spend, so I went with a free service.…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 6

So, what’s in a name? I’d initially named my novel The Cuckoo’s Cry because my protagonist, Harvey Dunne, felt like he was going crazy, never fitting in. But when it…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 5

After deciding that I would proceed on my own, without an agent, without a publisher, I needed to get my manuscript “out there” for the world to start reading. I…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 4

I thought long and hard about my situation. After months of querying with almost a hundred unsuccessful emails sent, I had a decision to make. It seemed to me, I…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 3

After my first rejection, I admit to spending a couple of days licking the wounds, and trying to convince myself I wasn’t a total foolish failure. Then I decided to…

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey – Part 1

The Successful Failure – My Oxymoronic Publishing Journey Don’t for one minute think this will be a whiny diatribe on how unfair the publishing world is. Everyone knows it’s tough. …