Introduction: I'm a self-published author, and WordPress guy. I've self-published an ebook and print book, built sites to promote my book, reached out to reviewers, and journalists to get myself featured across the web. For my own efforts and with almost no budget I was able to get my debut novel as high as #164 in International Mystery & Crime for Kindle. I've also gotten an Op-Ed published, got my first podcast, and talked about the place of liberal arts in tech with MediaTech Week in Austin.
Writing is really god damn hard, and getting people to read is even harder than convincing them to buy your book. I love getting myself motivated to finish a book, and start conversations around it. Whether that's fiction, or non-fiction, it's about the words in the page.