What Not to Do, Self-Pub Edition Episode 290 with Cate Frazier-Neely

Hi all! Jess here. I met performer and voice educator <a href="https://www.catefnstudios.com/">Cate Frazier-Neely</a> through a mutual friend earlier this year, at a <a href="https://www.sungazermusic.com/">Sungazer</a> concert. I was at the concert because my son is a massive fan of Sungazer bassist and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnkp4xDOwqqJD7sSM3xdUiQ">YouTuber</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnkp4xDOwqqJD7sSM3xdUiQ">Adam Neely</a> and Cate was there because she&#8217;s Adam Neely&#8217;s mom. When the topic of conversation turned away from my son&#8217;s hero worship of her son and toward writing and publishing (doesn&#8217;t it always?) she revealed she&#8217;d made ALL THE MISTAKES when self-publishing her first book, and, of course, I sensed an opportunity for an episode.<br/><br/>As this is a podcast all about flattening the learning curve for writers, I asked her to come on and tell us all the ugly details about publishing her book so we could learn from her mistakes. <br/><br/>Links from the Pod<br/><br/>Cate Frazier-Neely: <a href="https://www.catefnstudios.com/">https://www.catefnstudios.com</a><br/><br/><a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/episode-185-audioexplosion">Episode 185: #AudioExplosion with Tanya Eby</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781504396608">Meditations to Feed Christmas</a> by Cate Frazier-Neely<br/><br/><a href="https://www.authorsguild.org/">The Authors Guild</a><br/><br/>We had such a great time chatting we didn&#8217;t even get a chance to discuss what we&#8217;ve been reading!<br/><br/>Want a &#8220;coaching call&#8221; of your own? Email us at <a href="mailto:amwriting@substack.com">amwriting@substack.com</a>. We can&#8217;t promise to respond to every email, but we might answer your question on an upcoming episode&#8212;or invite you into the hotseat!<br/><br/>Think you&#8217;d be pretty good on the other end of a coaching call? Then you should consider becoming a certified book coach through Author Accelerator&#8217;s boo