Self publishing: The freedom to follow my own path
- Richard Haywood
- May 27
- 1 min read
Writers Online, the lovely guys behind Writing Magazine, have published this article from me, about why I chose to stay indie when I could have followed the trad-publishing route.
How I approach writing, advertising, editing and so forth — and why multi-genres authors like me don't always fit neatly into the trad-pub distribution networks.
Also touches on my working-class background and how that influenced why we started The Undead Press with publishing other Undead stories.
If you're interested in writing as an indie, or even in general, this might be of interest.
You can read it here: https://www.writers-online.co.uk/how-to-write/self-publishing-the-freedom-to-follow-my-own-path/
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