I figured out why it is I really want to be traditionally published. Set all the fame and fortune* aside, the reason I really want to be traditionally published is the management prospect.
I'm really bad at the things traditional publication is good at -- Marketing and advertising, book covers, etc. I want to be told what to do at this point in my career. I want to be told, "here are your choices for book cover. Here's what we expect you to do to help market. Do some book tours here and here."
If I self-publish, I have to figure out a "writing platform", which is in effect a sales platform. Other than a Twitter account with 4500 followers and a Facebook page with 100 followers, I don't know what that would be.
There's so many things I don't know about marketing a book.** I don't know how to find the right cover art. I don't know how to market. I can't see myself selling over 100 books, and I know I would do better with traditional.
So I'm still undecided. I'm still hoping to get picked up traditionally, trying to improve my cover letters and my outlines and my pitches. I think my books have potential; I just need to find that way in.
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*Fortune? Not unless you're Nora Roberts/JD Robb. Most of us won't make a living of it.
**I know a little about designing a book cover. I know that followers are a big part of marketing. I have a blog and a website for selling for when I actually have a book out. But I don't know how to do this well.
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