So if you've been following this blog or me on YouTube or twitter or wherever, you probably know that I'm not the biggest fan of self-publishing (or "indie" publishing, or whatever you want to call it).

There are a lot of reasons for this; the primary one being that I think most people self-publish for the wrong reasons, like because a book got rejected too much/their feelings got hurt by traditional publishers, or because they want to choose their cover, or because their BFF's cousin's friend Steve said self-publishing is awesome.

There are, however, some good reasons to self-publish. Say you're writing a book about a very niche topic– the mating habits of certain butterflies, or a novel about kids at a chess competition that would only appeal to kids at a chess competition. Or maybe writing is more of a hobby to you, or you just want to see your book in print. Those are all good reasons to self-publish. Go for it. Self-pub it up.

But if you want a career as an author? In my opinion, traditional publishing is the way to go, especially in the young adult genre.

All that said, I'm finding myself in a strange middle ground as far as self-publishing goes. I write quickly– typically quicker than I can sell books– and while I'd likely never self-publish a novel, I am intrigued by the idea of releasing ebook short stories in-between novel releases.

Thus, I bring you to my experiment. Last night I put a short story up on Amazon, available for .99. TURN HERE is a 9k (longish) short story about a broken cell phone GPS, Jimmy Carter's head, and true love. Also, there's candy. It's one of my favorite short stories, and I hope you (buy it and) enjoy it as much as I do.*

I made the cover myself (obviously). Look, people, I'm an author, not a graphic designer. I'm sorry. The story really is good though. Did I mention the candy?

If this experiment works out, I'm going to look into releasing a new longish short story every month. So. Ready. Set. COMMENCE EXPERIMENT.

CLICK to go to the Amazon page for TURN HERE. If you have a kindle, you can load the story there. If you have a computer, you can download a kindle program HERE to read. If you have a mobile device or iPad, download the kindle app to read there.

*This is the same short story that appeared in the anthology THE FIRST TIME (which is a wonderful collection), so if you've purchased that there's no need to rebuy. Unless you want to. I'm not gonna stop you. I think you're pretty.

Mirrored from JacksonPearce.com.