So many of us have had the fantasy of having a book published. With self-publishing quickly overtaking traditional publishing, there has never been a better time to make your dreams become reality. The big publishing houses turn up their noses at “indie” authors, but the publishing industry is experiencing a paradigm shift. Remember what happened to music with iTunes?

You have to convert your book to all the different ebook formats to make it available on Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and many more. You can do it yourself, or hire a firm to do it for you.

You have to know publishing lexicon. What the heck are ISBNs? I’ve come to learn if you know what you’re doing (which I didn’t) you don’t articulate the acronym letters. It’s pronounced “izbins” by those in the know. Who knew?

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Ever since I was editor of my high school yearbook (many moons ago), I wanted to write a book. But life and children intervened.

Four years ago—after a long career in marketing communications—I had an idea for a plot and began thinking about the book from beginning to end. I love mysteries, thrillers, and history, so that’s where I headed.

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