Shortly after I published my first novel, Inside the Outside, I wrote my first article for Self-Publishing Review, "A Self-Publisher's Manifesto" (I published an extended version of that article on my website, which I re-titled "An Indie Author's Manifesto"). 

As I prepared to publish my second novel, The Vampire, the Hunter, and the Girl, I found myself thinking a lot about what it means to be an indie author and how I feel about it. So, I decided to talk about it on my podcast in "Episode 60: Being an Indie Author."

A few of the topics I covered:

• The amazing opportunities indie publishing offers
• Why I wrote "A Self-Publisher's Manifesto"
• My first rejection letter from a literary agent
• Indie Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing