The whole project is over 3,000 words, about right for a short story, and took about two months from start to finish. I do not have much spare time, so writing was done in 10-20 minute increments. This caused me to have to re-read my work constantly in order to keep continuity. After several edits, I sat on the completed manuscript for a week or so, praying about a publishing platform.
I spoke to a co-worker who published his first novel on Kindle, about a year ago. He earned enough to purchase a new car. I will be happy to earn enough to motivate me to write another story!
I looked at some of the big Christian publishers and was quickly discouraged with the process. Unless you are writing a text book or commentary, you pretty much have to hire an agent to shop publishers for you. Hiring an agent for a short story did not seem to be very wise, so I took my co-worker's advice and self published on Kindle.
The process was easy and relatively quick, from setting up a new account to submitting the manuscript, I spent maybe 3 hours. In less than 24 hours, my story was up for sale.
Whether you are a new writer, or have some completed manuscripts, I encourage you to try this platform. As far as promotion goes, hit social media. I posted on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. This is all free publicity and if you can get a few people to like and share your link, all the better.
Well, if you get the chance, go check out my story on Kindle, it's only 99 cents! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079WR45BC
If you are an aspiring writer, you have nothing to lose, head over to Kindle and get published!
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