Hi everyone. I'm planning to self publish my debut novel next year (eek!) and I was hoping some of you might be able to share some wisdom with me, around timescales for actually putting the book out there?
I'm currently making some very drastic edits (read: totally rewriting vast sections of the book ). I have a cover designer booked, and depending on how many revisions we go through, I should have a finished cover sometime in January. I'm trying to set myself a realistic timescale beyond that, so that I'm not tempted to faff around changing words here and there forever, but at the same time I don't want to be panicking and rushing it out either...
I suppose I'm just wondering- once the book is done, finished, edited and polished, how long do you then allow yourself for formatting, promotion, marketing etc?
Any advice or experiences you can share would be gratefully received
I'm currently making some very drastic edits (read: totally rewriting vast sections of the book ). I have a cover designer booked, and depending on how many revisions we go through, I should have a finished cover sometime in January. I'm trying to set myself a realistic timescale beyond that, so that I'm not tempted to faff around changing words here and there forever, but at the same time I don't want to be panicking and rushing it out either...
I suppose I'm just wondering- once the book is done, finished, edited and polished, how long do you then allow yourself for formatting, promotion, marketing etc?
Any advice or experiences you can share would be gratefully received