Juno Baker

I’m a writer, editor and web content specialist.Among the many things I’ve done to earn a living, I once interviewed Dolly Parton. As a performance poet, I supported John Cooper Clark. I’ve written articles for the Guardian, book reviews for Litro Magazine and copy-edited a couple of books.My fiction’s been highly commended at the Winchester Writers Festival, shortlisted for the VS Pritchett Award and placed in other competitions, such as Pindrop, Short Fiction and Rubery.My stories have been published in several magazines and anthologies, including Mslexia, Litro, Unthology, Frogmore Papers and the Momaya Review.On this site, I'm what I learn about self-publishing novels and stories as I go through the process of publishing my fiction in e-books or print.

Self-published authors

August 31, 2022

Learning to self-publish, Short stories

Googling “self-publishing a short story collection” is like googling a list of symptoms. You’re not going to get the answers you want, and you’ll probably feel worse after you’ve done it.

Social media for self-publishing

August 13, 2022

Marketing,

After hearing I should post to social media once a day, I dust off my old Twitter account.

How do I self-publish a book?

August 11, 2022

Learning to self-publish

The Brontes self-published. So did Jane Austen, William Blake and Margaret Atwood. I’m in good company, but have no idea where to start.

Self-published authors

Other ways to get short stories published

Social media for self-publishing

How do I self-publish a book?