This guided resource provides tips on getting an agent, finding publishers, and step-by-step lessons for self-publishing. Additionally, the book features tips on revising, creative writing strategies, and dozens of marketing ideas. Author Joe Chianakas has worked with indie publishers and is represented currently by literary agents, but has also self-published. Having experience in all of these areas, his goal is simply to help authors navigate the writing and publishing industry with practical advice and step-by-step instructions with examples specifically in querying, marketing, and self-publishing.