By Margaret Lea Our own Self-publishing Coordinator, Tiffany Obeng, will be speaking about self-publishing at our June 1, 2026 chapter meeting (in-person and online both). Since I interviewed Tiffany and did a blog post about her just last year, we are doing a blog post now about another one of our chapter members, Tonya Ellis (both self-published and traditionally published). The email interview with Tonya is below. 1) Tell us about your writing journey. For example: When did you start seriously pursuing writing? What most helped you develop your craft? What genres do you write? I've always loved reading books and writing, and I thought about pursuing writing as a career after I won a young author's competition in the fifth grade. Back then, I wasn't sure how I'd make a living writing books, so I decided to become a journalist. After college, I got a job as a business reporter at a newspaper. When my family moved to Houston, I wrote freelance articles about local...
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