If deciding to self-publish felt like jumping off a cliff, entering the professionally-polish-the-book phase has been like learning to fly…without wings or a net. Because while you don’t have to hire editors or use beta readers or have a professional do copy edits on your manuscript before you self-publish it, a book without all that hard work feels, to me, a bit like a novel without a cover -- incomplete and still in development.
My Self-Publishing Journey: Putting Together My A-Team.