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Should You (Or I) Self-Publish? Part Two

Should You (Or I) Self-Publish? Part Two

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Welcome back to part two of our self vs. traditional publishing discussion in which we endeavor to toss together disparate musings/factoids and grind out a new truth. Since our last communication, another eminent author has crossed over to the indie side–John Edgar Wideman. (If you’ve never read his novel Sent For You Yesterday, convey yourself post haste to book store or reading device for your very own copy.) In an interview at Goodreads, Wideman points to a blockbuster mindset in…

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Should You (or I) Self-Publish? Part One

Should You (or I) Self-Publish? Part One

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I could always tell when Dad was going to make his four-hour spaghetti. He would haul out a metal contraption and bolt it to Mother’s bread board. Sporting primitive funnel and hand crank, it looked like a medieval torture device for dolls. Into the funnel Dad would drop onion wedges and celery stalks. Out of the bottom would slither glistening, pale green snakes. Right now, that’s how my brain feels–my thoughts, like the onion and celery, twisted and inextricable. The…

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