In the summer of 2011, I was a traditionally published author whose romance novels boasted sales that might be called decent at best. I had glowing reviews—starred reviews from the major print publications, raves from the online community—but as we all know, reviews are not sales. In looking at my career, I decided that I could continue to accept decent to mediocre sales (and risk being told that I needed to change my name to get another contract), or I could self-publish and try to jump-start my career.
My first self-published work was a novella called Unlocked. I ...
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