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Self-publishing can sometimes feel like shouting over a crowd, desperately trying to have your voice break through the noise. When shuffling around the public’s periphery, dancing among the bustle of other indie authors, traditional published ones, and all of the other clamor that the internet provides, how does someone steal even an ounce of attention?

Well, for some, you fire up your camera. YouTube has become a launchpad for so many indie authors – enough that “AuthorTube” has become a recognizable moniker for this corner of the site – but few have had the success that Jenna Moreci has enjoyed. Wise as she is witty, Jenna has built herself up as a prime example for success in the AuthorTube community with her 215,000 subscribers and her self-published sophomore novel, The Savior’s Champion, rated as one of the Best Books of All Time by Book Depository. But it does take more than a sharp, sincere tongue (and one very cute puppy) to pull it off.

So what’s Moreci’s secret sauce? Well, she can tell you better than me.

Why did you decide to pursue self-publishing?

Like many writers, I started the game assuming

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