SquarePeg Books

I am taking the next step on my big girl author journey.

I’m . . . Huuuhuhuuuuhhu . . . Huuhuhhuhuhhhhuuuuuh

*deep breath, in the nose, out the mouth…*

I’veregisteredSquarePegBooksasabusiness.

*ears ringing*

This should not be so traumatic as I’m making it out to be, but for some reason it absolutely is a crisis for me.

I have several manuscripts completed. I’ve even got cover art completed for two of them. I’ve researched where to go to properly change out an .odt file to an .epub. I still need to learn how to set a BISAC code and other nit-noid details on the publishing paperwork side.

“There is a learning curve when doing stuff,” I tell myself. “Mistakes are okay. You will learn from them and correct as you go, if need be.”

I know business registration isn’t a mandatory thing, as a writer. As a matter of fact, I’m probably not going to make enough money for several years to pay taxes, so that’s going to be an interesting question to address later on, but I digress.

But I do like things in nice neat packages. I do like the idea of multiple trade names nested under a single DBA, with its own EIN, ISBN’s, and all my copyrights, perfectly stacked with crisp lines, sharp corners, and easily identifiable– more sexy than a two page spread of the most perfect linen closet in a Home&Gardens mag you’ve ever seen.

*ahem*

Not that I have ever viewed such thirst-traps in scandalous magazines like Home&Gardens.

Anyway.

I do have problems with the “C” word with my own projects. I also have to put them aside to help out others, so “commitment” and I have a very fraught relationship.

(Incidentally, the “C” word is also why I don’t permanently color my hair–the commitment involved in making sure it looks good all the time with regular appointments for touch-ups and all that is too much.)

So . . . I guess now it’s put up or shut up.