About this episode

Elizabeth Wilson discusses her self-publishing journey and the steps involved in the process.

This week, Elizabeth Wilson sits down with her developmental editor, Allison Lau, to reflect on her self-publishing journey. These are often the steps you don’t see every day from writers. Elizabeth decided she wanted more control over the publishing process so she could get her memoir in the hands of readers faster. You’ll hear about how Elizabeth decided on her ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) readers and getting over the hurdle of asking them to read her book. Elizabeth shares about taking...

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Oswald

Guest: Elizabeth Wilson

Topics covered

• self-publishing
• ARC readers
• memoir writing
• editing process
• publishing control

Keywords

• self-publishing
• ARC readers
• memoir
• editing
• publishing process

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