In May 2026, I self-published my first novel, Ahelno, on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Like most indie authors, I’m operating on a budget, and I’m doing everything myself–the writing, the editing, the marketing–and I’m making a lot of mistakes. But! I’m documenting them so that you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did. I will remind you that comparison is the thief of joy. There are some books that released around the same time as mine that have already sold thousands of