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First Steps Of My Self Publishing Journey

Stefani Vader
3 min readNov 27, 2020

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Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash

2021 is going to be my year to break free of all the fear that has held me back.

I’ve dreamed about self publishing for years now, but there is so much involved that it was overwhelming to me just thinking about it. When you self publish, it’s not just a matter of writing a book and calling it good.

Marketing

One of the most daunting things to me has been marketing. That is the first thing I’m tackling.

I’ve only began to write the first story. I’m planning a series of short stories, each story being roughly 10,000 words long. Even though the characters are just now coming to life, I’ve started a website/blog that once done will hopefully help my marketing campaign. Although it’s still a work in progress, at least it is a step in the right direction.

As I continue to write the first story, I will take other steps as well.

I’m going to create a Facebook page for the series. Because I’ve never self published or even dipped my toe into marketing anything, I’m going to try to tackle…

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Stefani Vader
Stefani Vader

Written by Stefani Vader

Lover of reading and writing. Hater of retail work. Small fish in a big pond, learning as I go.

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