My Self-Publishing Plan ๐ŸŒž(And an end to my frustrating people.)

I’ve talked about how I’d published books before, wasn’t happy with them, and then went into a sort of hermit mode while I figured myself out. I also started this blog, near the tail end of that time.

But even in my most hermit-like moment I’d never stopped writing. I couldn’t shut my brain off so it was either write or listen to the near constant chatter. I rewrote Tangled Moon, Intertwined (TM book two), Entangled (TM book three). I wrote Interrupted (TM book four), Endless (TM book five), and Insurrection (TM book six). These are all full novel length books, not novellas or short stories.

I rewrote Enduringly Yours (England, 1192), A Worthy Opponent (England, 1192) and I wrote a third medieval romance that I haven’t named yet.

I finished Deduction (Regency Romance).

Now what the heck am I supposed to do with all of these books?

Here’s the plan, and hopefully this will quell a few frustrations out there among my followers. ๐Ÿ˜œ I understand that you’re getting tired of being teased to death and you have my most sincere apologies about that:

Tangled Moon (Release date 9/24)

Deduction (Release date 3/25)

Intertwined (9/25)

Enduringly Yours (3/26)

And so on and so forth. I can’t realistically pour through all of this material and get it edited any faster than this. I’ll publish one book every six months until I’m out of words and all out of ideas. Or in other words until, if ever, my brain stops with its constant chatter.

My thanks, as always, for your amazing well-wishes and kind support toward me since I started this blog a year and two months ago. It was one decision I donโ€™t regret, and you have made sure of that.

35 responses to “My Self-Publishing Plan ๐ŸŒž(And an end to my frustrating people.)”

  1. I’m excited for you!

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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  3. Thatโ€™s a pretty cool plan, Darcy. Good luck, and Iโ€™m rooting for you.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Why thank you, sir! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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  5. Great! Best wishes with this plan and keep us informed in your progress.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    I will, and thank you!

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  7. You are a true writer. Your gift to the world. Wonderful plan! Go, girl.

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  8. I know how hard it is to get what you create to get it published in a way you would like. Self publishing and marketing this is a real art in itself, I wish you good luck and hope you smash it my friend ๐Ÿ™ Faux

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you. You are so sweet!

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Thanks, friend. ๐Ÿซถ

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  11. Happy for you, friend! Self publishing is a bit harder than traditional publishing due to its costs and involvement, but on the other hand you keep more of the profits from your efforts. And if I’m being honest, I quickly get fed up with publishers rejecting my work when I know it has value. So go you!

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    Darcy Branwyn

    I couldn’t agree more. I might pick your brain from time to time about this process if you don’t mind. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  13. For sure! Happy to help. I’ve been through the self-publishing process four times so far, so I like to think I’m pretty well versed. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Darcy Branwyn

    I bet you are. I’ve been wondering if I should run ads when the time comes. I have some money set aside for that but I want to run the right ones. Do you do any ads on Facebook or Instagram?

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  15. Oh, ads I haven’t yet cracked the code on. I tried Amazon ads, but I couldn’t get any sales from it. I have tried Facebook, but at the time I didn’t have any books I was trying to sell. I will say it did get me a lot of attention for sure.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Good attention I hope. lol

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  17. Haha! Yes, all good attention. If you were considering Amazon Ads at all, I read a book Amazon Ads Unleashed and it was pretty helpful in breaking things down.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Cool. Thanks.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    I was looking at your website and I like how you made a review team page. I might try something like that. Give away copies for reviews and give my team a name. That’s brilliant!

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  20. Oh yes, definitely do this. You can start with friends that are active readers and branch out from there. You definitely want to have at least some reviews present when your book comes out, and you can grow your team with time.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    I think I’m going to do that. Thanks.

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  22. Always happy to help. Another cheap option is to consider Book Sirens. It’s a book review service and I’ve had some good results on there. I listed The Ruins maybe a day or so ago and it already has two new readers.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Cool. Iโ€™ll check it out.

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  24. Big plans! I think you will release faster than you think though. But it sounds like editing is really baked into your plan. This is all really exciting.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Yeah if itโ€™s not up to my standards then I wonโ€™t release it. ๐ŸคทThank you. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  26. I’m looking forward to purchasing these books. I’m so excited ๐Ÿ˜Š

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    Darcy Branwyn

    ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you so much!!!! ๐Ÿซถ

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  28. You are doing well dear Darcy. Writing is hard and publishing is harder. I have 12 long stories done and the books written. I need to be quit being lazy. You are young and very smart. I need to follow your example. We must push our work and always go forward.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you, John. I’m choosing to be brave one day at a time.

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  30. I am happy for you ๐Ÿ‘

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you. ๐ŸŒž

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  32. Excited for you and the big news.

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    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you so much!

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  34. Good for you Darcy, your work sounds amazing ๐Ÿคฉ I admire you for being such a creative outlet, what an accomplishment. You should be so proud of yourself ๐Ÿ‘

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  35. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you so much for your kind words! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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