It is coming out more and more that self-publishing (Lulu) is the best way to go nowadays. It was always the Holy Grail to find a 'publisher' by which we meant someone that would do all the work and sell your book for you. Now apparently that is no more. Even if you achieve this HG they still expect you to do all the marketing yourself and do not put any money into this (except in a few cases). I also frequently read that a writer should spend 95% of her time marketing and 5% writing. Not many of us can do this. What we want, what we really really want, is for some devoted fan to dedicate their life to promoting our talent, while we get on with what we were put on this earth to do - live, observe and write. So there is fat chance I will ever become famous. I wanted to leave my mark on the world - time is getting short, but my Spirit Guides whispered in my ear - "Your life is your memorial - who you were, what you did. No one is going to forget that." And they are right.
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