What has your experience been like along the way? I thought, “Well, if Rich can do it, so can I!” So I polished SAINT MAGGIE and began my self-publishing adventure. I realized that self-publishing was a possibility when a friend of mine, Rich Melheim of Faith Inkubators, announced that he was publishing a book through Lulu. At that point I gave up trying to publish and focused on creating dramatic materials for the churches in which I worked. I had tried attracting a publisher and/or agent years ago, to no avail. Janet, when did you decide you were going to self-publish?’ Heart Soul & Rock ‘N’ Roll, a contemporary romance, was published at the end of April 2015.

She followed up with Walk by Faith in 2013 and After the Storm in 2014. The publication of Janet’s first novel, Saint Maggie, led to the creation of a series by the same name.

Her current passion is multi-generational worship and learning. But Janet’s primary call has been serving six United Methodist churches over the past 24 years, where she has worked in the area of spiritual formation and ministries with children and youth. She worked for eight years as an adjunct professor teaching classes in interdisciplinary studies and history. in North American Religion and Culture, both from Drew University (Madison, NJ). She also has a Master of Divinity degree and a Ph.D. She went to Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ) where she received a B.A. Janet was born in Albany, NY, but spent most of her childhood and all of her teen years in Parsippany, NJ – so she thinks of herself as a Jersey Girl. Stafford today to talk with me about her experiences in Self-publishing and what she has learned in her endeavor thus far.

Aegis Rising by S.S. Segran