From a Mom who worked full-time to full-time Indie best-selling author with 28 books - Ann Charles

Becoming Parents Podcast · Jul 14, 2020 · 57m

At this time, I'm an "Indie" author only, no connection with any other publishers. However, I didn't start that way. I initially struggled to land a big publisher, making it up through the levels at a Big 5 publisher back in 2010, but at the final acquisition meeting, the marketing department thought there wouldn't be a big enough audience for my award-winning novel (Nearly Departed in Deadwood). So, I was rejected. Another publisher liked my writing style but didn't want my book--they wanted me to write stories per their templates, but I knew I wouldn't be happy doing that, so I turned it…