These detours offered some relief by breaking up the unrelenting formatting procedures. I might have chosen to disregard these issues, but they were important enough to me to address. Besides, looking into copyright issues relieved some piracy concerns (see the \u201cJack Sparrow be damned\u201d post), and embedding the new font provided a welcomed funky new look for the book title.<\/p>\n

Another sidebar bears mentioning here. It is the blog post entitled \u201cOn Creativity\u201d, and it was sparked by an essay Isaac Asimov wrote called \u201cHow do people get new ideas?\u201d I urge all artists to read Asimov\u2019s ideas. Creativity is a shy, elusive creature. Down uncounted burrows we search \u2013 and, sometimes, we find.<\/p>\n

After completing all of the above, I was now\u00a0a published author, with eBooks available on all devices, and a paperback from Amazon of which I am righteously proud. The links to these various editions are on the sidebar of this post, just beneath the image of the book cover.<\/p>\n

The steps outlined in the three parts of this post are how I became an author. I hope these explanations help you accomplish your goals, and you too become the author you always dreamed of becoming.<\/p>\n

Now, finally<\/em>, we get a chance to rest on our laurels.<\/p>\n

No way! Getting published was the EASY PART. Now comes marketing. So far, the only one who knows about your book is you \u2013 and the few friends and relatives you’ve informed.<\/p>\n

How do you tell the rest of the world?<\/p>\n

Marketing, that\u2019s how.<\/p>\n

Marketing is a whole new world unto itself. There are scholars with PhDs whose lives are dedicated to nothing but marketing, and now we have to tackle that too. Ugg!<\/p>\n

DO NOT DISPAIR! We can do this and we will.<\/p>\n