“You’re the
lady who wrote the books, right?” a man asked while I was deciding between
over-ripe or under-ripe bananas at the grocery store.
I recognized
him as a man who attends my daughter’s church and had purchased two of my books.
He has an American Indian ancestry and asked Katy to bring, Hiawassee – Child of the Meadow and Smoke from Distant Fires to him.
“I loved
them,” he said. “My daughter (a Divinity Doctoral Student) cried when she read Hiawassee,” he told me. “I mentor
several people,” he added, “and I've asked them to read all of this lady's books.” He
asked for all of my titles, so I told him to enter Doris Gaines Rapp on Amazon.
My list of books will be there.
What’s the
point of all of this? Positive Recognition of their work is a wonderful gift to
give an Indie Author. We have no publisher holding our hand through the process
or publicist lining up appearances on talk shows. In fact, publishing is
currently an “everyone for themselves” industry for authors who do not make
millions for them. Mid-list authors have to do their own editing, publicity and
marketing even if they have signed with a publishing company. Some really
successful authors, once under contract with a publishing house, have decided
to self-publish so their work continues to be available for future generations
of readers, and not retired after so-many-month on the market.
It is a long
and exciting process to get out a book. Let today be the day when you tell an Indie
Author, “Thanks. I really enjoyed your book.” Perhaps today could be, “Support
Your Indie Author Day!”
Doris
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2015 Doris Gaines Rapp
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