Hello, fellow writer. Glad you’re here!
I’m guessing you landed on this page because you want to discover how to get your books into print, aka pursue your dream. Trust me–that’s totally doable!
Like many people, my life hasn’t been without its sobering moments. I’m a survivor both in life, which I’ll get to in a minute, but also in the publishing industry.
See, five of my novels were traditionally published. That’s not counting the hundreds (maybe thousands) of articles I’ve written or ghostwritten for all kinds of newspapers, magazines, and trade journals during the past twenty-five years. I also worked as the production editor at an 80-year-old publishing house for a time.
But I’ll be straight with you. A number of years ago, after a publisher offered me a $300 advance, I went indie. (After I picked myself up off the floor from the shock of that low offer.) Because, honestly, writing is hard work and if you create a product that readers love, you deserve to be paid.
The truth is, as an indie author, you can make $300 in a short amount of time. It all depends on what you put into it.
As an example, I indie published that book that I received the $300 advance offer on, and with a strategic launch, made that amount on release day (actually, about four times that).
I am grateful for what I learned about publishing from the editors who acquired my books, but when those traditional advances dwindled, I had to make a decision.
Do I keep churning out books for small advances in hopes that publishers can sell enough for me to eventually make some royalties?
Or do I pursue my dream and go indie?
I had butterflies in my stomach the day I finally made that decision. But I’m glad I did.
I uploaded those books, warts and all as I explain in this article about formatting a book from word to kindle.
And they started to sell – whoop-whoop! 
As the mom of three young adults, life has been a crazy rollercoaster ride. Helping to put them through college (they contributed) has not been easy. Just being honest here. So even while I learned to indie publish, I took a couple of jobs: one in broadcasting and the other inside a publishing house.
And you know what? I learned a ton from each of those jobs–things I’ve brought with me into my indie publishing career.
I say all this because I hope that if you pursue your dream to indie publish, that you won’t give up!
I’ve learned that life is short and not always easy, as I alluded to earlier.
I’ve survived brain surgery and a heart attack, and I think those two issues are part of why I don’t give up easily!
So stick with me. I’ll teach you what I know–things I do myself to make a nice monthly income as an indie author.
And I’d love for you to comment on posts with what you’ve learned and how your career is moving along.
I call that a win-win 🙂
I want to give you a quick-start guide that tells you the steps you need to take to get your first book up on Amazon’s Kindle platform. You can grab that at this BookFunnel link.
When I switched to an indie career, SO many people helped me learn the ropes (sorry about the cliche!).
So in 2016, I began paying it forward by teaching new indie authors what I have learned along the way. By their questions and insights, many have taught me some new tricks as well!
If you’re interested in my novels, some are inspirational romances and some are cozy mysteries, you can find them listed on my author website: www.juliecarobini.com/
Write. Publish. Travel. Repeat.
My tagline for this blog is Write. Publish. Travel. Repeat. That’s because writing has given me the freedom to do some traveling throughout the world and to write where I’ve landed.
My dream is do much more in the near future–and to blog about that, too.
What’s your dream? How might indie publishing give you the freedom to pursue your dream?
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, then I wholeheartedly believe you are in the right place. Hard work pays off. If you’re willing to do the work, to learn the indie publishing business, then you will find pursuing your dream both rewarding and lucrative!
Welcome to Indie Author Lifeline,
