Self Publishing means that anyone can publish their own work.
Some believe that self published books aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.
Poppycock.
They dismiss self publishing because the first self published book they read wasn’t as good as their favorite mainstream novel. They fail to realize is that their favorite novel is their favorite novel because it was so much better than all the other mainstream novels they’ve read.
There are a lot of really bad mainstream novels, too. Just as there are both good and bad Self Published novels. Even so, not everybody likes everything. If you hate vampire novels, you aren’t likely to enjoy a self published vampire novel, even if it is the best prose ever written. Just as you wouldn’t like it if one of the Big Six had published it.
Self Publishing is no more an oxymoron than Self Portrait.
This list directs you to web content talented creators are posting online. You can sample their work for yourself and decide whether what they write speaks to you. This is just the beginning. Instead of pages of #WW tweets, every week I intend to
#TweetTheList
Simon McNeil
I wasn’t going to begin this list until next week, (I’m up to my elbows in SelfPub alligators at the mo) but yesterday I learned one of the writers I talk to on Twitter, @simonm223, found his website links were being blocked on Facebook. Like me, Simon is serializing his novel online, and posting links to the new pages on Facebook. And, like mine, Simon’s novel contains mature subject matter. In fact, Simon has a warning prominently placed in the left sidebar of his novel. In spite of the warning, someone read his blog and found something to be offended by and subsequently complained to Facebook. Simon appealed, and has in fact been reinstated.
You can decide for yourself, by checking out Simon’s post-apocalyptic Wuxia science fiction novel, In In Shadow of Fallen Towers
Jesse Abundis
Jesse Abundis is not only passionate about writing, but about the Independent writerverse. [ooh... a new word 
] Jesse gives his audience the opportunity to try before we buy. He makes his own books available as free eBooks. @jessenovels is pretty active in the Twitter online writing community, where I first encountered his wit, but he’s also incredibly supportive of the entire Independent Artist scene, which is why he created an Indie Artist page.
Angela Perry
@angelaperry is another of the writers I talk to on Twitter. I’m always impressed with people who are more organized than I am. (Alright, I guess that’s almost everyone, but Angela’s special: she has a blog schedule!) You can read some of her work online as Angela flexes her writing muscles in her Friday Flash
Eric Swett
Eric Swett is one of the growing ranks of writers who regularly writes online. @ericswett has various projects on the go, including his 100 word challenge, which has the goal of writing a minimum of 100 words a day. To get a better feel for his work you might want to want to start at the beginning of his “Alone,” currently up to part 42.
Ren Thompson
Like Eric, Ren is developing her craft while writing online. I’ve read some striking short fiction by @Ren_Thompson in her Ren’s Corner blog, but she also does a review blog Ren’s Blogging About…
J.A.Pak
You can sample J.A.Pak’s work on her website, @JAPak. She’s self published her first book, mini short story collection Act of Creation & Other Stories available as a free giveaway this month from Smashwords.
Xavier Leret
I’ve been so incredibly busy learning about self publishing (and hitting every possible bump in the road) that I have mostly *gasp* been too busy to read for the first time in my life (well, except for college). So it is only now that I have myself begun reading my first ebook, Xavier Leret’s “Heaven Sent.” You may take the opportunity to read the the first eight chapters of @xavierleret‘s book on his website.
Berit Ellingsen
You can read @BeritEllingsen‘s serialization of her novel The Empty City
Wayne Borean
This is a gentleman whose nonfiction writing I am familiar with from the copyright wars, but I’ve now discovered @Wayne Borean is serializing his fantasy novel Book of Honor – Book 1 – Urbema online.
Well, it’s the thing to do. 
Oh dear. Um. Well. Uh. OK. Go read what Laurel pointed you at if you want, but I’ll warn you I’ve been banging my head against the wall about a problem in the plotting, and I’ve finally figured out what was wrong. So what you read there is going to look a lot different when I get the first of the three books finished because I’ve ripped everything apart, and put it back together sideways. Or backwards. Or maybe upside down.
As you can tell I’m not quite sure which way around I’ve got it going, but I am sure it’s going to make a lot more sense this way!
Wayne