Jodie Rye

I guess it was a long held desire to tell one of the many stories I had come up with over the years. At first I had not really thought about how my work would be published, it was just an effort to actually complete my first book. I tried what all authors do when they finish a book, I contacted some of the mainstream publishers and perhaps ruined my chances of ever been successfully published. My first book was full of errors and poor editing. I was so excited about completing the book that I failed with the most important thing an author must do after the final sentence is written. That is, to sit on the work for a few months so it can be polished off into a piece of work that can be published. Read and reread the work so that its just right for the reader. I failed with that on my first book, I have since learned from that mistake. However, since I had started with a series, I wish to finish it off. And so, the second book in the series will also be self published as an independent author.

Its early days at the moment. I've had a try with other ebook publishing sites and haven't really had much of a success. The book industry is hugely competitive and reaching out the people who a likely to buy my book isn't easy. I'm hoping that many of the tools that Smashwords make available to independent authors will help me with promoting my book and reaching new markets that I otherwise would fail to reach.