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Breaking into self-publishing - My story and testimonial

by Serina Hartwell
Author of 'The Hidden Saga'

I broke into the publishing world in 2010 when I wrote my first novel - Hidden. I had never even contemplated writing prior to sitting down and writing my first book. I was as shocked as the next person when I found that I had a natural inclination towards it. Without realizing it, writing was the missing piece that I'd been looking for my whole life and it was by chance that I made the discovery. Writing novels is the easy part for me, because writing brings me peace, the hard part is getting your work out there. I've tried both a publisher's platform and self publishing, and settled on being independent, but it hasn't been an easy route.  

Being self published means long hours. You not only have to write the novels, but you have to market them too, whilst building an audience. This is a massive undertaking when you start out and the reason why I've held back on releasing more of my books. Finding the balance between writing and getting your work out there is difficult and it came as a shock to me when I entered Hidden into the 2017 New Apple Summer eBook Awards and became an official selection in my category - Young Adult General Fiction. To be recognized in this manner is tremendous and adds weight to your work. 

Writing has opened up my life in ways I could never have imagined. The people I know through my work is unbelievable. Finding New Apple has taken my business up a gear. They have brought people to my sites and generated interest in my book; that I could never have done on my own. Regardless of the competitions they run to support us indie authors, their marketing services are brilliant. I would recommend them any day.

Author's Website: serinahartwell.com
Author Page on Amazon: http://viewauthor.at/Serina_Hartwell
Author's Blog: serinahartwell.info
Author's Twitter: @SerinaHartwell
'The Hidden Saga Book 1' Available for purchase:
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Love on a LimbLove on a Limb, A Great Expectations Love Story, The Graykens: Book 1
by Laurie Lewis
2018 New Apple "BEST NEW FICTION" Winner
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Matthew Grayken is young, successful, and dying, which is why he’s about to propose to a total stranger. He isn’t interested in love. He needs a caregiver to be his legal voice when he can no longer speak for himself.
Lonely, compassionate nurse Mikaela Compton agrees to Matt’s loveless marriage, but she refuses to accept the inevitability of Matt’s death. When their friendly marriage deepens, love leaves them out on a limb.

When Angels FlyAward winning titles from DW Plato
Glue
and Trials & Tribulations of Modesty Greene
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"What do these two books have in common? Powerful women."
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Bishop's WarBishop's War
by Rafael Amadeus Hines
2017 New Apple "BEST NEW FICTION" Winner
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Introducing Special Forces Sergeant John Bishop, decorated war hero, and nephew of crime boss, Gonzalo Valdez. After returning home from Afghanistan John’s hopes for a peaceful future are quickly shattered when he is catapulted back into the global war on terror through a succession of life-threatening events and corrupt intrigue.

 

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