Well in case you missed it, though to be honest there is no reason you would have been aware. Brenda has become quite the internet sensation. The whole story of how she turned down her New York offer and then her results one month after publishing have been picked up and commented on by some of the biggest authors out there, at least in the independent publishing world (self published). We’re talking people who have sold literally millions of books. No less than Bella Andre posted on Brenda’s author blog today and said she’s going to read Brenda’s book. Hugh Howey has written about her on his blog twice now and on his facebook page. (if you don’t know who he is, hes a Sci Fi author and he’s big. Given the traffic his site and facebook see, it’s very possible 100s of thousands of people have read about what Brenda has done now). Anne Rice (of the vampire books) posted on her facebook about Brenda and said that Brenda inspired her. Brenda’s site (brennaaubrey.com) has had over 6,000 views of her last blog post in the last 12 hours, which is just stunning.
If you’re interested (you will need to copy and paste the link into your browser. If I link directly people will be able to follow the link back here. And there have already been people trying to dig up info on her who are pro-publishing and see what she did as some kinda threat to them for some reason)
Here’s her original post
http://brennaaubrey.net/2013/12/08/in-which-i-explain-why-i-turned-down-a-three-book-new-york-print-deal-to-self-publish/
Hugh Howey’s post about it
Passive Voice (another huge publishing blog)
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/12/2013/why-i-turned-down-a-three-book-new-york-print-deal-to-self-publish/
and her 1 month follow up
http://brennaaubrey.net/2014/01/12/the-first-month-of-publication-a-reckoning/
Hugh Howey’s post on the follow up