I’m pretty much convinced I shouldn’t try to get a publisher for my book because of all the bad experiences I’ve read about – I’d much rather have autonomy. But a lot of UK writers who’ve already trad published, even if it’s just one book and even if they’re not making a living with their writing, seem to think they have a great deal to lose by even testing the waters. They seem to think that by losing a potential advance from a trad publisher, they’d be losing something worth having – but these days, advances are so small that you could make a far better living as a check-out person in a supermarket for all the hours you’d have put into writing your book.