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Adventures in Self-Publishing

12/8/2013

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The manuscript is off to the editor and I've started working with Createspace on the cover and interior design.  I bought my ISBNs.  Which interestingly enough prompted an immediate call from my bank's fraud prevention unit to make sure it was a legitimate charge. They didn't blink at Createspace but Bowker was a step too far, I guess.  I tell you this because of the happy little thrill I felt telling the investigator that I had "just bought ISBNs for my publishing company."

Hee. My publishing company. Headquartered here on my kitchen table. Giggle. 

I'm calling my imprint "Burnt Barn Press." There's a poem by a 17th century zen poet, Mizuta Masahide.  My favorite translation is "Barn's burnt down -- now I can see the moon." Seems kind of apt considering I walked away from a great big chunk of my life to get here. I torched the barn, the house, half the village . . . Took out a few bridges too. 

Only time will tell if it was worth it. But it's sure more fun than what I used to be doing. Next step is meeting with the Createspace design team to work on the cover. 
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