I published The Rages almost nine years ago, which is surreal. It was decades in the making, mostly because I had most of the main characters in my head for a long time but had no idea what world they belonged in. I self-published my first four novels for a lot of reasons, most of them probably bad reasons, but reasons just the same.

While I recognize the work has flaws, I am still proud to call it my own. I made so many mistakes on the production of the novel, its distribution, and its marketing. Particularly its marketing. I tossed my novel into the literary sea and told it to sink or swim with little help from me. It floated for a bit and then sank to the bottom.

My fifth novel is in the hands of my editor. Eventually I must decide whether to self-publish or try the traditional route. I haven’t decided which avenue to pursue, yet.