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And, on the first day, the Book World was created. The Great American Writers flocked to the new world and endlessly wrote to express themselves. The Prolific Readers soon came in droves to read and decipher what the Great American Writers had to say, and before long, the Guardian Agents arrived too and sold the Great American Writers profound works en masse to the Prodigious Publishers. In due course, everyone in this strange new world flourished.

Then on the second day, the Aspiring Writer honed his craft and sought to be accepted in the new world too, so that his own literary work would be read and relished by many. But, legions of these new Aspiring American Writers were turned away and were left standing rejected at the walls of the Book World, denounced by the Guardian Agents, who also left some of them wounded and discarded in a pile of slush.

By the third day, the Bureau of Labor Statics reported the median income for The Great American Writer in the Book World was $55,420 per year or $26.64 per hour. When the Aspiring Writer read this report, he fell to his knees and cried, because he had dreamt of fame and fortune, and the hopes of staking a claim in this strange, new world where so many early settlers were striking it rich. But still, the Aspiring Writer continued to write because it had become his life’s aspiration to be accepted into the Book World, for after all, writing was all he ever wanted to do–even if it meant he would be scantily paid once he got there.

By the fourth day, the Aspiring Writer rolled up his sleeves and searched high and low for a Guardian Agent to represent his work to The Prodigious Publishers that roamed the Book World. At the entrance gate, the Guardian Agents stopped him from entering and formally denounced and rejected the Aspiring Writer, while others from his literary community were left wounded and discarded in a pile of slush, never to be heard from again. Dejected and denounced, the Aspiring Writer fell to his knees again and cried in hopelessness and desperation. Everything became meaningless outside the Book World where the land was dark and bleak and without form and meaning.

On the fifth day, the Aspiring Writers revolted and decided to publish their own books, while the notable Great American Writers with their Guardian Agents and Prodigious Publishers laughed at them and called the self-published authors “Vain.”

By the sixth day the Prolific Readers began to find what the Aspiring Writers wrote, and the Guardian Agents and the Prodigious Publishers fell to their knees and cried.

And on the seventh day, the God of Books, a great force in all the Earth called, Amazon, spoke to the Aspiring Writers and said, “Take Control with Independent Publishing. With Amazon’s independent publishing services you can reach millions of readers worldwide and keep control of your work. It’s fast and easy to publish your print book with CreateSpace, your digital book with Kindle Direct Publishing and create an audiobook with ACX. “And, a whole new world was created.

Tonia Allen Gould is a soon-to-be published author. Her children’s picture book, Samuel T. Moore of Corte Magore releases on iTunes on 7/1/13. Tonia’s animated book with professional voice and an original musical score is being published by Skies America Publishing Company. While her book is not self-published, and Tonia is grateful she didn’t have to go it alone, the journey to publication wasn’t easy, and you’ll oftentimes find Tonia talking a bit about that.