Shahnaz Radjy

Self-publishing on Amazon KDP: 6 Lessons 

A screenshot of the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing backend, which I used to self-publish my young adult fantasy debut novel, "Flight of an Orphan Thief"

Back in March, I self-published my first novel. It has been an exciting journey, and I thought I would share some lessons learned about the whole process of self-publishing using Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (or “Amazon KDP”). Going in, I decided I would keep things as stress-free as possible, understanding that as a first-time self-published […]

A letter to my Impostor Syndrome

Dear Impostor Syndrome, While I know you’re always lurking, I appreciate that most of the time my cheerleader voice is louder than yours. You might be frustrated that despite your insistence to stick around, I refuse to let you interfere in all the things I set out to do. Fair, I suppose. I’m frustrated that […]

Cover Reveal!

It’s done! It’s here! And I’m so excited to share… Here is the cover for “Flight of an Orphan Thief”, my young adult fantasy debut novel coming out March 20 this year: How it came about As mentioned in my last post “Book Cover Design: Where to begin?“, the options were numerous and almost overwhelming. […]

Book Cover Design: Where to begin?

In parallel to finalizing my manuscript, I decided to go ahead and start figuring out a book cover design. I found way more options and resources than expected, a range of prices going from $0 to $3500, and was almost paralyzed by choice (except I actually got really excited about having so much choice!). That’s […]

My writing journey: Self-publishing, here we go!

It has been a while since I shared anything here. I would apologize, but I am not sure how many people are even paying attention, what with all the blogs and articles and newsletters out there – not to mention the state of the world. BUT, in case you have been reading my words, I […]

Book Review: “Legends & Lattes”

Debut novel “Legends & Lattes” by Travis Baldee is a story about redefining yourself, daring to build your dream, unlikely friendships (the best kind), and defying expectations.