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year but that’s actually pretty appropriate, as fast as the publishing world changes nowadays!
In a good, non pandemic year, I can write and release eight or nine books on my own as a nimble self publisher, which does include professional editing.
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My first self published novel Cover by Fiona Jayde |
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Yes, let’s make my STAR CRUISE series into a TV show! All covers by Fiona Jayde |
I had the classic career/day job at NSA /JPL for a very long time and successfully supported my family until they were all out of the nest, so I probably came to this second, later in life, unexpected career with a different set of expectations and needs than I might have at an earlier time. I’m a very competitive, highly motivated person but it just isn’t in the same ways as it might have been had I been a fulltime author decades earlier, when the
traditional publishing model was the only way to go. I also had more energy then and fewer chronic health challenges to work around, versus nowadays. I’m intensely grateful for this opportunity to write and sell my books now and for me, indie publishing is the way to go.
I’ve had a lot of fun along the way, fulfilled some goals and dreams that were important to me (and I have lots of stories still to tell).
and I’m sticking to it!
This article was originally posted on SFF Seven

USA Today Best Selling Author
Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there needed to be more romance in everything. When she ran out of books to read, she started writing her own stories.
Seven time winner of the SFR Galaxy Award, as well as a National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, Veronica is also the proud recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal relating to her former day job, not her romances!
She read the part of Star Trek Crew Member in the official audiobook production of Harlan Ellison’s “The City On the Edge of Forever.”