One night I decided to write a book...just for me.
It was sort of like a diary. I wrote in my book about being in the hospital with my daughter when she was sick; how I met and married my husband; what it was like when he cheated on me with my sister. You know, regular everyday stuff.
I also wrote how I managed to escape my abusive father, raise the children that I had by him and testify in court about what he did to me as a child.
Yeah, that was one night.
On another night I decided to publish the book that was sort of like a diary. And on that night, like many want to be authors, I dreamed of finding a publisher and collecting a sweet advance because they just knew that my book would sell millions of copies!
But then I woke up...
5 years later I'm podcasting my journey on trying to get my book published the traditional way and learning how to publish it myself, all the while raising my children, working, going to college full time and testifying against our father in court.
Being a writer is a journey. Becoming an author is an adventure!
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One night I decided to write a book...just for me.
It was sort of like a diary. I wrote in my book about being in the hospital with my daughter when she was sick; how I met and married my husband; what it was like when he cheated on me with my sister. You know, regular everyday stuff.
I also wrote how I managed to escape my abusive father, raise the children that I had by him and testify in court about what he did to me as a child.
Yeah, that was one night.
On another night I decided to publish the book that was sort of like a diary. And on that night, like many want to be authors, I dreamed of finding a publisher and collecting a sweet advance because they just knew that my book would sell millions of copies!
But then I woke up...
5 years later I'm podcasting my journey on trying to get my book published the traditional way and learning how to publish it myself, all the while raising my children, working, going to college full time and testifying against our father in court.
Being a writer is a journey. Becoming an author is an adventure!
I am Aziza Kibibi and I'm so excited to share with you my journey as a self published author.
"Self Published" chronicles much of what I was going through the 4 years it took me to write and publish my book Unashamed: a life tainted...vols. 1 and 2.
You'll listen to stories of my process and life, which include everything from my attempts at securing a traditional publisher, to getting an opportunity to promote my book on the ABC talk show "Katie!" before I even finished writing it, and the many tools and resources I used to keep myself motivated through the entire ordeal to get it done.
In this 10 episode season, Every Monday starting September 14, 2020, I will upload a podcast episode that is an eloquent mash-up of my archived blog posts "Unashamed an Open Book," and my journal entries correlating with the publishing of the blog. Those tasty nuggets will be accompanied by insight, resources and advice on self-publishing a book. And to top it all off, it will be accented by a couple of dashes of crazy that was going on behind the scenes.
So If you are a budding author, a fellow human living a life that deserves to be surrounded by letterbox complete with opening and closing credits, a person who wants to share their story to help the world, or someone who just enjoys listening to interesting life experiences, then this podcast is for you.
"We are walking stories. Rarely opening our pages to others for fear of their judgments and criticisms." - Aziza Kibibi
Self Published
One night I decided to write a book...just for me.
It was sort of like a diary. I wrote in my book about being in the hospital with my daughter when she was sick; how I met and married my husband; what it was like when he cheated on me with my sister. You know, regular everyday stuff.
I also wrote how I managed to escape my abusive father, raise the children that I had by him and testify in court about what he did to me as a child.
Yeah, that was one night.
On another night I decided to publish the book that was sort of like a diary. And on that night, like many want to be authors, I dreamed of finding a publisher and collecting a sweet advance because they just knew that my book would sell millions of copies!
But then I woke up...
5 years later I'm podcasting my journey on trying to get my book published the traditional way and learning how to publish it myself, all the while raising my children, working, going to college full time and testifying against our father in court.
Being a writer is a journey. Becoming an author is an adventure!
