Maybe it is true you have chosen to self-publish. But it is hard to believe.
Much more likely that your writing is not up to scratch. After all, why self-publish when agents who specialise in placing you with a publishing house can maximise your exposure and increase your chances of success?
A team full of specialists will take care of the dull stuff, from typesetting to typos and the optimal positioning.
Let’s face it, years later you will be telling tales of how you could have been a great writer. But you were unlucky, not spotted or you just didn’t want to sell out.
Nobody will believe you if you tell them self-publishing was a long-term plan. A chance to build a readership, interact on a personal level and control future formats of your work. And create the change your book talks about.
I mean who thinks long-term?
Sure you can control the pricing. The finer details of the cover, and even where you sell your work. But, really, you are not good enough to be, what we think of as a successful writer.
You guessed it, this is a metaphor. For the publishing house, think coach and for the author, think parent.
Until we give parents an option that is better than the fear of missing out on success, we can expect more and more parents to fall for the narrative of success even if it is a chance no better than playing the lottery.