Once you have worked hard to get your idea down and into an organized and readable format, find the confidence to allow others to read your story. This can be one of the hardest parts of this process! The idea of unveiling your deepest and most personal writings and opening up an imaginary window into your very soul is scary, and can make even the best of us feel vulnerable and exposed. You have opened up the doors for judgment to come flooding in and to potentially suck every ounce of confidence right out of you. Stay strong and stand your ground. You wouldn’t have gone through all of this time and effort if you thought your idea was terrible. And if you are still weary of the idea, create and publish under a pen name.
Now go ahead and publish your book. If you choose to self-publish, put your name on it and make it official, sending it off into the world with a title, copyright, ISBN, dedication, cover art and maybe even a nice photo of your face gracing the back cover, grinning proudly.
Options range from basic and free self-publishing to full-service publishing houses, agents, publishing partners, and everything in between to fit your budget and tolerance level.
Reason #10 coming at you in the next post!
Keep writing! The world needs your story.