There
are alternatives to the fully paid version of the concept that is
“Self-Published Author” in that it takes more effort than what many people
presume is a “self-pay” form of publication.
If
you did not know by now, I am a self-published author.
I
do not shy away from that, as that is the truth. I publish myself by myself
through myself with a little help from programs set up by a company called lulu.
But,
the option that seems most obvious is “pay for the package that cleans, edits
and prepares your manuscript fully for publication” which many authors do
through various different companies.
But…and
if you have heard me rant before, you probably know…I am a college student, and
I have no money for that. I publish for free through Lulu Publishing.
But
that means…editing…formatting…clean up…spell check…(and all that marketing
stuff that comes later)…are all unpaid for…but a company doesn’t give stuff for
free! That’s preposterous!
And
you’re right, it is preposterous.
Lulu
provides some great service packages, but I don’t buy any. I publish for free
because I do all the manual labor of setting up the manuscript myself.
And
this brings me to the reason for this long winded tirade of words that you have
probably quit on by this point.
No?
Still reading?
Okay!
So,
Dorm Haze! And actually…several other books as well (The Were-Dragon
series)...are all getting revamped...
Dorm
Haze not as much…the others really really need revamped though.
But,
after getting some useful critical feedback that specifies the issues of the
books…I looked back on the books and was utterly dumbfounded to find all of the
mistakes I had looked over in my many many reviews of the manuscripts (before
and after publication).
*Sigh*
And
here is where I get to the point.
I
am publishing Dorm Haze anew because it has way too many errors. Some technical
things, grammatical errors and misspellings I should have noticed before have
all gone unnoticed til this point. And I will be fixing everything that is an error and make sure
that I make it suit the proceeding books.
There
are a few things that I might as well note here...
They
won't be "fixed" because they aren't wrong.
Easiest
example? Fryday
This is a very different world (it's post World War something or other)
and has a different set of spellings and norms. Friday as we spell it is
spelled Fryday in that future.
So
yea, that'll stay.
I
respect my art and do not want to change it...BUT!
I
can admit when there is a mistake. And I'll be fixing as many mistakes as I can
(The Were-Dragon included) just in due time.
With
that...I bid you adieu...
I'll
be working on editing Dorm Haze and finishing Love is Blind (alongside Loose
Dagger and Tale of Two Sisters).
So...if
you see any errors, mistakes and technical confusions in my work, please feel
free to let me know! You can post a comment to my blog...you can contact me on facebook. I'm also on twitter and tumblr.
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