Writer in the Woods

Interested in self-publishing? These articles chronicle my indie journey, covering all aspects from formatting to sales strategy. Totally free and based on (and probably biased from) my real experience. Readers can leave comments and ask questions via a web form.

  • Yes, I Have No Agent. Here’s Why. 

    Yes, I Have No Agent. Here’s Why. 

    I don’t have an agent. Should I have an agent? Do I, as a fiction author, need an agent? What’s it like to have an agent? To answer the last question first: I don’t know what it is like to have an agent. I’ve never had representation.  I Wanted to […]

  • “Five Years” is Coming to a Farmers’ Market (Possibly) Near You!

    “Five Years” is Coming to a Farmers’ Market (Possibly) Near You!

    I will be making my first public appearances to support my new novel, Five Years, this weekend.  Five Years is Book 1 of The Middlewich Chronicles, a dystopian trilogy set in what used to be rural New Hampshire. One small town has walled itself completely off from the chaos tearing […]

  • To ISBN or Not to ISBN?

    To ISBN or Not to ISBN?

    To buy your own ISBN or not: that is the question that many new independently published writers have. Many self-publishing experts insist you need them; others say they aren’t necessary.  So which is it? Bottom line, most self-published authors don’t need to purchase their own ISBNs. But in some cases, […]