Thoughts on Publishing

I am sitting at my desk, working on my masterpiece. My first book is so full of problems that no one wants to buy it! Granted though, that I did pay someone to edit it. I was suppose to be my pride and joy and now its a pain in he you know where. So what to do? Should I leave it on the proverbial shelves and hope that no one noticed, or  take it off? I prefer to take it off that way someone else can't point out every little thing that is wrong.

Before I started writing, I wanted to  have my books published  but not self published. It is like this: It is nice to be a bridesmaid, but wouldn't it be nice to be a bride? Have you ever dreamed or imagine the kind of man you want to marry? Then someone who would just rather not marry would say, "There is nothing wrong with being single: you can do what you want without having being told what to do." That is fine for a spinster, but not for someone with dreams! I am not putting self publishing down, but I had too many headaches and I much rather have someone else take care of all the formatting. etc.  It is nice to have your own freedom to what you want, but it is also nice to have someone special in your life--even if you have to be submissive.

"Yes," you say, "but what if the person you marry gets to be controlling or abusive? What if he puts limitations on you?"

"Well, I doubt God will have someone like that come across my path. He knows who is good for me."

 In fact, if someone does come across like that, it would be  because I didn't wait upon God. This reminds me of my first publisher. I have a friend who had some problems with them so I knew not to ask them to publish my first book. However, instead of listening to my friends' advice, I followed one person's recommendation--someone who I highly valued and trusted and had found my self with a publisher known as a scam!
No, they didn't take my money, but they bogged me down with their "Promotional services", service that really are none at all, and messed up my book, adding a price too high no one wants to buy!  Because I didn't seek God more or first, I got stuck with a no good publisher. I believe if I did, he would have led me to someone better or maybe to self publishing...
 Back to my point, I am pleased that my second book is doing better with reviews, but even with that I had problems. I even had to make some changes after it has been published.
There is digital company that I had thought of using for my upcoming book until I read the pros and cons. Sigh. Again: What do I do? I so wanted to use  Smashword but not if they are so picky with formatting and not great with keeping up with sales and holding back on royalties! My current work in progress is worth more than those headaches. I want what is only the best and it looks like SW is not it. So should I go with a brand new website called Draft2Digital or use KDP all over again? Both are not just worth it but what should I chose? All I can say is: Wait on God. Perhaps I will find out what God has to say.