Today, thanks to the Internet, on-demand publishing, e-readers, and complex electronic distribution channels, we have a new version of the vanity press known as self-publishing. So, should you skip the uncertainty of traditional publishing and self-publish your masterpiece? To answer that, you have to decide what you are most hoping to achieve.
It’s interesting how the lens of three decades of life experience can sharpen the focus of certain stories—and even parts of stories.


