To Publish or To Self-Publish - Is that the Question?
To Publish: Let me say upfront: the greatest moment I've experienced as an author was holding my novel, Mira Falling, in my hands for the first time. There was something astonishing - like a brilliant magic trick - about seeing the book and feeling it as a tangible object. After two years of work, labouring over a dream, here was the evidence: I had made it. I was a real writer! But what does that mean – a ‘real’ writer? For me, being a real writer meant someone who had a nov