Kboards & an example of smooth self promo

One of my first stops for learning about self publishing was the k-boards (https://www.kboards.com/). They say the big draw of self publishing is being able to control all the aspects of publication — cover, formatting, hiring editors, promotion, etc.

HAHAHA, I am not a control freak, and this did not appeal. If memory serves, I think I slowly backed away, closed the browser, and didn’t go back until I had a strong drink in hand.

Likewise, Kboards is a smorgasbord of everyone talking about all these various aspects, and it can get pretty overwhelming to newbs like myself pretty quick.

*Never the less, she persisted* as the saying goes, and so will you. It’s worth it. There are some pretty big names who frequent the place. For example, here’s a HM Ward thread that’s cool and useful.

Also, if you are looking for me over there, I’m finally getting enough of a hold of things to start asking questions. Behold, my one thread to date.

Also, if you are reading this looking to self-publish yourself (and good God, Lemon, why would you bother reading if you weren’t?) Check this out: I was so excited by the HM Ward thread that I shouted out a Thank You on twitter.

Even though she’s a bestseller, she tweeted back less than 48 hours later AND had a perfect tie-in response promoting something she was working on. I was a little amazeballs to see her in action, hand selling stuff in tweet form, even to a dinky account like mine. Definitely putting her strategy in my back pocket when it comes time for me to (ugh!) self promote.