Being an independent author has its advantages and its drawbacks. On the plus side are things like being in charge of how your project is handled and a much quicker time to market, while on the negative side are the obvious ones like not having a big company backing you. To me, the biggest positive (having complete control over your project) is also the biggest negative. I write, and that's what I want to be doing. Unfortunately, though, I'm forced to wear a lot of different hats: Author, Editor, Publicist, Marketing Guru, Agent, Publisher - everything to do with my book has to be done by me. In the last week I've run two different marketing campaigns, two contests, made a public appearance, made a book trailer (that's on YouTube; shameless plug), started work on a new Kickstarter campaign, designed and ordered two sets of marketing materials, written a few blog posts, and worked on the materials for an email writing course I'm taking. About the only thing I haven't found time to do is write. There has to be a better way, right? Ah, the life of the independent author...
