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R.M. Archer replied to the topic HELP! For a self-publishing 15 year old novelist in the forum Publishing and Marketing Nerds 5 years ago
If you really want to put “better Christian fiction” in the hands of readers (which is an admirable goal!), you want to make sure that it’s actually as good as you can make it. The many rounds of editing and the feedback, at least, are non-negotiable. And there’s nothing wrong with waiting to publish until you can do it well. Your book will be even better given time and added maturity and practice. I know you don’t want to hear this (I was a 15-year-old itching to publish, too; I know the impatience and the feeling that everything you write has an epic purpose and has to get out into the world right now), but my advice would be to wait until you can dedicate more time to this project and do it justice, for the sake of the book, your readers, and your own writing journey.












