Carmen DeSousa

    Twilight Publication Date: July 18, 2007 Date I downloaded: August 20, 2011 Let me start by saying, I loved Twilight . It was original, sweet, romantic, and a tad bit suspenseful. But I was surprised to see that a book that had been out for four years when I downloaded it still had an error in the first chapter . Now, I normally won’t point out an error , as they don’t bother me too much and I never want to injure an author, but I don’t feel it’s possible to hurt Stephenie Meyer, so I’m going to point out this error, just so readers know I’m not making this up. J The room was familiar; it had been belonged to me since I was born. Unlike Indie books, which may not even have one editor other than the author, books like Twilight have three or more, if not ten, editors and proofreaders, so it always surprises me how often I find errors in mainstream books. But the error is not what bothers me. As I said, I don’t care that an error slipp...

Now that I’m a published writer—an Indie published writer, meaning I went with a smaller pub so that I could maintain more control over my books and get my stories to readers faster, the number one question I receive from aspiring authors is, how did you find a publisher and why did you decide to go the Indie route? First, let me clarify, I am not an expert , nor do I claim to be an expert. What I do, though, is listen, research, read , hunt down experts, ask questions, start discussions, anything and everything to find the answers to my questions, whether it is what I’m writing or how I’m going to forward my career. No, I didn’t write my first book with the idea that I was going to self-publish; I didn’t even know that was an option . I wrote my first book because I love to write and had something to say. I sent it to my avid-reading best friend and cousin, and they insisted I seek publishing , so I did. I made an excel spreadsheet of all of my favorite authors , res...