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Videos on the business side of self-publishing from an accountant and ex-auditor. Content warning for diagrams, flowcharts and spreadsheets.
// WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?
Hi, I'm Deborah!
As an auditor, I specialised in tech, media & entertainment businesses–and I had a lot of publishers as clients. I spent 5 years in post-graduation education teaching & writing textbooks. I've also been a beta reader for other published authors. I self-publish Cantonese/English books that rhyme & epic fantasy novels under Delilah Waan.
// MY BOOKS
RESONANCE CRYSTAL LEGACY: Character-driven adult epic fantasy. Fast-paced sword & sorcery in an East Asian–inspired setting, with the raw emotion and diaspora themes of the Green Bone Saga → https://www.delilahwaan.com/books/
CANTONESE/ENGLISH RHYMING BOOKS:
Today is my Birthday! → https://catlikestudio.com/books/birthday/
Cycling in Spring → https://catlikestudio.com/books/cycling/
My Rescue Cat → https://catlikestudio.com/books/myrescuecat/
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