To Self-publish or Not to Self-Publish? That is the question! Fortunately, for those of us who are contemplating self-publishing, author and mentor, Sherri Johnson addresses the journey that is bringing one’s work to our audience in written form.
Hosts Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt share their experiences through the myths, misconceptions, methods, and mayhem of self-publishing. Do not miss this episode rich with encouragement and experience perfect for anyone considering entering the world of self-publishing.
Meet Our Guest
Sherri Johnson
Sherri Wilson Johnson is a novelist, virtual assistant, and speaker. She and her husband live in Georgia with their Chihuahua and love spending time with their adult children and friends. Her favorite pastime is writing, but reading runs a close second. Sherri is the author of five Inspirational novels and several homeschooling resources. She’s been published in 101 Simple Ways to Show Your Husband You Love Him by Kathi Lipp and Open Hearts Family: Connecting with One Another by Jane Seymour as well as several magazines. She loves to encourage others who are both behind and ahead of her in the writing game. https://sherriwilsonjohnson.com
Sherri’s recently self-published books.
Meet Your Hosts
Kathi Lipp
Author, Speaker, Communicator Academy Creator and CEO
Communicator Academy founder, Leverage: The Speaker Conference creator and master instructor Kathi Lipp, is a national speaker and author of 16 books including “Clutter Free,” “The Get Yourself Organized Project,” and “The Husband Project.”
She is a frequent guest on radio and TV, and has been named Focus on the Family radio’s “Best of Broadcast.”
She is the host of the popular podcast “Clutter Free Academy with Kathi Lipp.”
Over the past 10 years, Kathi has helped hundreds of people increase their platform through teaching and coaching. She is a frequent teacher at writer’ s conferences and has helped countless authors and speakers find their audiences.
Kathi’s desire to help fellow speakers and authors avoid the mistakes she made, increase their confidence and be the person God made them to be, inspired her creation of Communicator Academy. The podcast as an extension of Communicator Academy is just another way Kathi wants to serve her audience.
Michele Cushatt
Author, Speaker, Mastermind Coach
As an experiened keynote speaker and emcee, Michele Cushatt’s speaking experience includes Women of Faith, Compassion International, and various retreats, conferences and events held across the country. She has also led radio, video and audio recording projects.
She co-hosted with Michael Hyatt on the popular This Is Your Life podcast. In addition, Michele serves as part of the Dynamic Communicators International leadership team, led by best-selling author and sought-after speaker Ken Davis.
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Loved your podcast. BTW, I had to pay Westbow press $1000 just to get my book out.
Next time, if I get rejected by a traditional publisher I’m going to follow your advice.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the podcast! So sorry to hear about your experience with Westbow. 🙁
I would love to see breakdowns as to which categories have more full-time writers as opposed to part-time writers. Self publishing has opened up a whole new avenue for those of us who work full time. While I wouldn t say self publishing is any less work than traditional publishing, self-pub is done on the author s timeline, not on the publisher s. Which means we can fit it in when we can fit it in. Which means, probably, fewer books in the same amount of time.
Enjoyed your podcast; you brought up some points I had not considered, for example a professional photo for the back cover. Also, I didn’t realize there were instructions in the Amazon-like publishing venues. I think I’ll check them out. And, finally, I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one with a hybrid approach. I’m planning to self-publish my first fiction novel, but I’m preparing to query an agent for my non-fiction series. Thank you again.