It would be nice to be like my pals with publishers because the business side of selling books is work

It's always good to learn a new skills, but the business side of selling books is a steep learning curve. Picking a cover, writing the description, promotion. I just like to write stories. The work is no fun. One of my favorite gal pals just landed a book deal and poof like in a week she has 3 great new covers and they made her this magnificent banner with all the covers for her social media pages. I've been struggling for a week over a book description.

I like the side of self-publishing that reminds me of one favorite lines from Pretty Woman: I decide who, I decide how much, I own me. Still, it would be nice if just poof some of the things required were just there. It would be nice if I could figure out a painless way to get my old school type written manuscripts digital without a lot of work. There has got to be a better way than scanning them in and the converting them to word. Such interesting results that way. Oh well, only 12 of them to do. Learning a new skill is always good! Hiring a typist...probably better, but what would be the fun in that! Indie publishing is a bit like taking a journey back to being 18: where you have to learn how to do everything by yourself because that's just what being 18 is!

The Girl on the Half Shell