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yep
I spent a few years after my last contract expired trying different things, dumping the agent, and generally spinning wheels (though writing all the while) and saw how much more cynical the industry had become since I had broken in. Agents who don't respond, editors only looking at agented work, agents sneering and laughing at writers in their blogs and tweets. An incestuous system. (And, no, I am not a NY hater, I just understand how the business works and why they make the decisions they do).
I'd been tinkering with some POD for a backlist title but it all looked somehow clumsy. How was I going to get that sucker in a thousand bookstores? It was around about December I really started paying attention to reality--I was too steeped in the old-school indoctrination. NEVER SELF-PUBLISH!
It was hard to make that leap at first. Then I realized no one was going to do it for me. Joe's blog definitely inspired me to get into it with more intensity and not be ashamed. And it was as easy as click click click. And then the success was instant. It was so easy and rewarding, I kept waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder and say "Who are you fooling? You CAN'T do it your way!"
Yes, I can. I can believe in my vision. You can, too. I think that's what Joe is saying, too.
Scott
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