Fishtrap Presents: Self Publishing 101 with Joyce Renolds

Want to get your book out into the world? Wondering if self-publishing is for you? Not sure where to start? Take the first steps toward gaining control of your publication dreams, no matter how big or how small. Joyce Reynolds-Ward guides you on a three-hour introduction to the world of self-publishing. In this class you’ll learn if self-publishing is for you, briefly examine the current and swiftly changing self-publication process, identify what tasks you can do and how best to contract out what you can’t, and recognize how to avoid common predatory practices.
 
Joyce Reynolds-Ward has been writing and publishing her own works since 2011. A member of the Northwest Independent Writers Association, Joyce has worked with Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Draft2Digital to publish her work. She is always expanding her knowledge and learning new things, as the state of the self-publishing world changes very quickly. Her particular experience comes from working with low-cost techniques to create and promote her work, including skill swaps, convention appearances, bazaar table sales, and other methods. She reads and follows industry leaders regularly, and is working toward more podcast appearances. Her self-publication history includes over twenty short stories and twelve books. Joyce has also appeared in in twelve anthologies and assorted small press magazines, including Allegory and Fantasy Scroll Magazine. She has edited Pulling Up Stakes, from Knotted Road Press, and is currently editing Whimsical Beasts, also from Knotted Road Press. Joyce’s most recent publishing appearance is in Well…It’s Your Cow, edited by Frog and Esther Jones and released by Impressive Walrus Press.
 
Learn more and reserve your seat at Fishtrap.org or call 541-426-3623.