Indie Writing Quotes

“Write like no one is reading.”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading

“My spirit is free. My heart is taken.”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading 2

“It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage have heard of a group from the neighbourhood who got signed by a recording company? Or how many artists who love to paint, but are not really getting anywhere with it hear of someone they went to art school with being offered an exhibition in a gallery? How many chefs who love to get creative around food hear of someone else who’s just landed a job with Marco Pierre White?
There’s no difference between us and them. There is, however, a huge difference in how everyone else perceives the writer. And there’s a huge difference between all of us – the writers, the musicians, the composers, the chefs, the dance choreographers and to a certain extent the tradesmen - and the rest of society in that no one understands us. It’s a wretched dream to hope that our creativity gets recognised while our family thinks we’re wasting our time when the lawn needs mowing, the deck needs painting and the bedroom needs decorating.
It’s acceptable to go into the garage to tinker about with a motorbike, but it’s a waste of a good Sunday afternoon if you go into the garage and practice your guitar, or sit in your study attempting to capture words that have been floating around your brain forever.”
― Karl Wiggins, Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm

“Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.”
― Eveli Acosta

“Changing imagination into fiction is what I love to do.”
― Eveli Acosta

“The Revolution won't be televised. It's already available on Amazon in ebook format.”
― Kenya Wright

“My book sales are way down today. Also, I've received two scathing reviews. One of them calls me “a purveyor of insipid wet-dreams.”
― Nenia Campbell, Bound to Accept

“Indie publishing lets me feed my inner control freak.”
― Michelle M. Pillow

“Occasionally you may want to break with expectations and do something different, that will stand out.”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Indie Author Survival Guide

“Covers convey genre, set tone, and sell the concept of the story on the emotive level.”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Indie Author Survival Guide

“Covers must convey genre and concept, not story.”
― Susan Kaye Quinn, Indie Author Survival Guide