About Alys Marchand

Alys started writing as a young child. From picture books to novellas to fan fiction on a then-state-of-the-art IBM, if it involved writing, Alys wanted to do it. Always an avid reader, early literature favorites include Nancy Drew stories and the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe.

At the age of 12, Alys began participating in poetry readings. At 17, she penned her first full-length book, an inspirational non-fiction on living life with a severe illness. No publication attempt has been made with it.

For several years, Alys wrote short stories and poetry, eventually becoming involved with a part of the San Francisco poetry slam scene.

In 2011, a new story began to take form in Alys's head. By September 2012, the iron was too hot to not strike. So she went to the living room, fired up her laptop, and within 30 days, had finished her first fiction novel's first draft. She had finished the second in the trilogy by the end of the year.

A native of California, Alys currently calls Vancouver, Washington, home.

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This Book Will Fail: The Truth About a Self Publishing Industry In Denial Aug 19, 2013

by Noah Murphy , Dan Gamito , Alys B. Cohen , Jason Klimchok , Eric Zawadzki

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The self-publishing Industry was once hailed as a new day for authors. Freed of greedy publishers, they could chart a new course to success, Instead, the self-publishing industry has produced a sea of garbage written by people following bad advice from self-publishing “experts” with ulterior motives. Even talented writers still face a near impossible task of standing out, or even finding affordable editing.

Self-published author Noah Murphy takes you through his failures and successes during his two years in a broken industry in denial about the risks facing authors, and the true rewards it can offer them. In addition, Noah will share four essays written by others in the self-publishing industry who have also decided to speak up.

If you are a self-published author, or are thinking of self-publishing, you must read this book.

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