Behind the Bind

We are living in a time when it’s possible for anyone to publish a book. Purists might say this floods the market with unvetted stories, but the great thing about the book market is that we can choose to read whatever we want! If we pick up a book and hate it, we can just stop reading it. There have been plenty of award-winning novels and best sellers that I didn’t enjoy, so I don’t believe that having an editor, agent and publisher guarantees a great story. Of course, having

Growing up, I always wanted to be a writer. I envisioned myself living in a cabin in the woods of Maine, writing story after story. Now that I look back on that, I don’t know that I ever pictured what  I was writing…just that I was an author. But then life happened and I got too busy to fulfill that dream.   After my boys were born, I read to them all the time. The same books…over and over! I had favorites (Moo Baa La La La and Little Blue Truck among them) and some not-so-fa

Welcome to Behind the Bind, the Begin Again Blog! My name is Jessica, and I’m a self-published author and owner of a small, independent publishing company. I’ve been at this a few years now, and because the business of writing usually means I’m not actually writing, I thought a blog would be a good way to keep the creativity flowing and hold myself accountable for writing every week.   In this space, I’ll share my journey from wannabe-writer to author to publisher: my smart c