I’ve been pondering lately what my reasons are to self-publish. Some people ask me why I won’t go the legacy publishing route, why I won’t even consider it. There’s so many of them, I guess it’s best if I dedicate a post to each one of them…

I’m very stubborn. I don’t like being told what to do in general, unless I ask for help. I like to do my own thing, make my own mistakes, and follow my own path.

When choosing the legacy road, you have to forgo a lot of options, and listen to the potential buyers re: your story. If Big Boss doesn’t like the ending, you have to rewrite it. Same if he hates one of the main characters, you have to change him, or get rid of him. You have got, in order to get the honour of being published, to allow someone to stomp on your story, with both feet.

Business is business, right? Well, no. Not for me. I am very protective of my writing, of my art. I could never stand being ordered around for rewrites – most of all if they don’t make sense to me! Also: free rewrites? They live in Disneyland, for sure.

I want the stories to be mine. That’s one of the reasons I’m choosing self-publishing. Indies have it all: the last word on the story, on the cover art, on the book format, on the price… It’s empowering, and I’m glad I’ve taken to writing now, in this digital age, at the new turn for publishing and writers altogether.