Hi, I’m amora blake
I live in Tennessee with my husband, bus load of kids, three dogs, one cat, and seven chickens.
More about Amora…
Amora is one of many generations of her family born and raised amongst the rich history of the Appalachian Mountains. Growing up on 200 acres of farmland, shoes and propriety were optional, and exploration and imagination were plentiful.
When Amora isn’t writing, she’s homeschooling her kids, hauling said kids to their extracurriculars, reading a good book, gardening, or coming up with yet another insane idea for her husband to roll his eyes at and lovingly support her in it anyway.
My Indie Publishing Journey
After writing Falling for Gypsy, I had a choice to make. I could leave it hidden in a file on my laptop, begin the querying process and try to get traditionally published, or publish independently.
Option one was out. I needed to hold a professionally published copy in my hands and prove to myself that I can do this hard thing— one that honestly terrified me.
That left traditional or indie.
Hours were spend researching the publishing process. I could make a chart dissecting the advantages and disadvantages of each, but there’s no point. The results were clear.
The traditional vs indie debate is missing a key piece of information.
Neither is better than the other. They both have advantages and disadvantages.
It was important to me to be the one making the decisions for my books, and I didn’t need a publishing deal to tell me that my books were good enough.
I have readers for that.