Self Publishing Because of Subject Matter

by Tina Brooks McKinney
(Covington, GA, USA)

Genre: Contemporary Romance

I started my writing career in 2004 and got picked up by mainstream publishing. Tina published - a trilogy, actually - with Strebor books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. But last month, I published my own book called Dubious. My publishing company is Taboo Publishing.

The reason I decided to self publish was because of the subject matter.

Dubious is a story with beastiality in it. Although it's a small portion of the book, my publisher decided not to do it. She did say that I would make a million on the book if I sold it on the internet.

I don't know yet if I will publish others but I will do other books that have a dangerous edge to them that I know traditional publishers would be afraid of.

Tina also does an internet radio show, Real Talk with Tina McKinney. It's a book show, "focused on both traditional and self published authors whose voices are seldom heard." As you can imagine, the show brings attention to Tina and her own work.

It's a weekly show that now airs on Tuesday night at 7:00 EST. I've been off air for a few months while I finished my latest book but I start back up tomorrow.

For one hour, I interview (1) guest and we talk about their books, the writing process, self publishing, you know everything about the business. The only catcher is that I read each book. I don't like to have anyone on the show for 1 hour and not know what to say to them.

When I first started doing the show, I used to buy all the books but I had to cut that out. Now, if it is not a book that I already have, I ask the writer to send me the book.

I don't resell books and I do read them and talk about them. I do not read over the computer so no email submissions. (I spend enough time in front of one writing LOL.) If anyone wants to hear how my shows go, I have plenty of archives. I've been doing this for over two years.

I prefer not to do non-fiction unless it's a moving story. I prefer fiction, a good mystery, horror and sci-fi.

If someone would like to be on the show, they would need to send a book and give me a few weeks to read it. Then I will schedule the interview. I believe self published authors are the gems of the literary world.

Query Tina at her site.