I am not sure why I started the driving metaphor for these series of posts about why I decided to self publish my historical mystery, Maids of Misfortune, except for the fact that I was listening to the Beatles when I started, so the long and winding road came to mind. But, for this particular post, being in the driver’s seat certainly seems an apt description of the main reason I decided to self-publish. I was well aware of the disadvantages of this decision, which I will discuss in subsequent posts, but the primary advantage of self-publishing for me was that I would be in control of everything-the writing, production, distribution, and marketing of my book. It is important to point out that being in control doesn’t mean the same thing as doing everything myself. For example, for Maids of Read more…