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I introduced myself as an author. I am making a thread on self-publishing. I hope it will help one or two people who have been wanting to publish. If you are in Byo and offer the services I will mention under this thread e.g an editor let us know, someone might need your services
The most important thing is to have a Manuscript. I write on my phone as well as a laptop. I use Microsoft Word and Grammarly. Every day I strive to write at least 500 words. Some days I write 0 and at times I write 3000+. My manuscripts are never less than 80000 words.
Once your manuscript is complete, it's called a first draft and it has to go through an editor and proof reader. No matter how good you think you are get a second and third person to look through your work. Mistakes are common and you need to hear an honest opinion other than yoz
When your work has gone through editing and proofreading and you are satisfied with it, it's called a final draft but it still needs to go through typesetting to convert it into an acceptable format for a novel
While your book is being typeset, you need a book cover. Now, this is very important, a book cover can make or break your work. Shop around the books in your genre and see what kind of covers they have to have a rough idea which direction to take.
