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Self Publishing Author
Full Time Writer

Can a self published author be a full time writer?

My first book , The Muscle Book, was published in 1992 by Bibliotek Books, UK. It is a simple anatomy book which has sold steadily for the past ten years,
paying my mortgage and allowing me to indulge my desire to become a full time writer. Since I had done the illustrations and basic page design for The Muscle Book, I decided that I would self publish my next book and in 1994 I produced Stretching Without Pain, a much more complicated book, with many more illustrations and almost twice the number of pages.

In 8 years of trial and error I think the biggest lesson I have learned is NOT to do everything myself. The mainstream "published" writer has the help of a whole team of people, and even then the financial failures far outnumber the financial successes. What hope then does the average self publisher have of beating the odds? How can a self publisher become a full time writer?

The solution? Simple -- the Self Publishers Club!

The last ten years as a writer/publisher have been some of the most rewarding and creative years of my life. With internet technology the potential for independent publishers, self publishers, writer/publishers is greater than ever before; eBooks, treeBooks, ezines, magazines, DVD's... the whole world is opening up and I believe that a new paradigm is emerging -- that the new world of electronic communication and commerce will flourish when we start to understand that cooperation works better than competition.

ŠPaul Blakey 2003 Used by permission
www.selfpublishersclub.com

Audrey's Comments

I have to agree that a wise writer/publisher needs the help of specialists. When you choose an editor, I hope you'll consider me.

 When your ideas are presented in powerful error-free prose, you will be on the road to financial success and a full time writing career.

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