Hugh Howey is living the independent author's dream. Publishing several books through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform, Howey released a series of short books called "Wool" that took off and garnered major attention. The books are set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in which humanity has been forced to live in vast underground cities. He even sold Wool's film rights to 20th Century Fox, with Ridley Scott expressing interest in directing a movie adaptation. Howey's accomplished this pretty much entirely on his own, without any help from traditional publishers. Don't think it was easy, ... Read More