Indie Publishing (While Chronically Ill)
A How-To, Maybe-Do-This, Oops-Definitely-Don't Do That Survival Guide
#8 Back to Social Media. Picking the Platforms that Make the Most Sense (For Me)
Like I said, social media is NOT my strong suit. But it’s time to suck it up buttercup. It’s a necessary evil if I want to do this right, so!
What Platforms I Decided to Tackle…
#7 You Know What Else My Indie Pub Research Revealed? Interesting Author Website Finds
Here’s a list of some fascinating things I found on other author websites…
#6 Do You Know What Social Media Strategies Successful Indie Authors Are Using??
So, now you have a list of indie authors who are doing things right in your genre. Aka who you want to be when you grow up. Now what?
What I did next…
#5 Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up (AKA Market Research & Social Media Chaos)
Ever wonder how some self-published authors seem to magically break into the market?? Yeah, same. That’s why I’ve been diving deep into market research to figure out what’s working in my genre…
#4 Can I Pull Off a TikTok Strategy? (A.K.A. Studying the Big Names in Indie Publishing)
This week, I studied self-published authors who made it big. The common theme? Many got there via TikTok/BookTok. That… might be a problem for me…
#3 Do you Have an Author Platform??
So, I started my indie-publishing journey this week (in history (see previous post)). 🎉 And like usual, I immediately overwhelmed myself with way too much information. But don’t worry—I had a troll-sized piece of cake to calm down, rested, recovered, and got back to it.
One of the first things I did was…
#2 My Indie Publishing Disclaimer (AKA Dreaded Timelines & My Evil Plan)
Ah, timelines. If plotting a novel timeline is tough, plotting real life is downright impossible. So, let’s kick this off with a quick disclaimer: I started this publishing journey (and the content you’re reading now) months ago…
#1 I’m Indie Publishing Because…
📝Once upon a time, back when I was sick and homebound as a teen, I’d have willingly entered into a fae bargain in which I traded every book I owned for one with cursed, unremovable sticker goo in the middle of the cover — for eternity— if it meant I’d find just one YA fantasy book with authentic chronic illness representation.
But fae bargains were few and far between, and it turned out…
A Little Less Invisible
One chronically ill girl.
Fae who feed on pain.
Being a snack just
got a whole new
meaning.
Cover
and
Release Date
Coming Soon!