The 1000/100 Project: Episode 3

08/22/22 • 56 min

I believe it’s possible to self-publish well and to the same quality and standard as traditional publishing.
The landscape is changing. And I’m ready to take a different path.
The emotional side - complete honesty - I thoughtt trad publishing would be easier/less competitive.
Family - daughter is 8 next year, ideal age range - would love her to read it independently.
Friends - what will they think?
Finance? Investing like a business.
Time running out - ticking clock? Not getting any younger!
Ego/Confidence
Asking people to be part of it? Cover quote/blurb/reveal. Fraud as not trad?
Will I ever get it into shops/up for awards/respect from peers?
Is there an element of proving yourself after all the rejections?
My book latest:
I’ve seen some exciting cover stuff and individual illustrations, too.
Dev edits are coming along.
Also signed up for a SP course (my 4th now!) to keep learning, keep developing.
Planning some cross-curricular schemes of learning for 8-12 between english and science.

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The 1000/100 Project: Episode 2

I believe it’s possible to self-publish well and to the same quality and standard as traditional publishing.
The landscape is changing. And I’m ready to take a different path.
- Thanks to everyone for social media responses last week - that level of support helped calm the voice in my head that’s been yelling imposter etc - I had been feeling so nervous about publicly mentioning it (I had said in my newsletter) and the support specifically for the project
- Why didn’t I sign with agent or go through with pub deal before (not to the standards/rigour I expect)
- We sometimes sleepwalk into this industry and assume that one linear pathway is the only way - but it’s not and more are opening all the time. So it’s important to keep your eyes and options open.
- Debunk some assumptions people make about SP
- Such as; taking easy option, lower quality, less developed, poorer quality editing and cover, people spamming and hard selling, SP means you have talent
- Also SP is a poor name for the process because most people don’t do it entirely alone - it’s a collaborative effort and can even involve as many people as a traditionally published novel, often the same freelancers
- Why those figures - 1000/100
- First steps when thinking of SP

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