Dominique Gibson

Hello! My name is Dominique Gibson and I’m here to post my newsletter for the month of May. I just decided to post my Newsletter on my website to see if anyone would be interested in reading more of my work on my website in addition to learning more about me.

In case people were curious, I have been doing a lot of local traveling in South Korea. Lately, I have been getting a lot of messages from people asking me about South Korea based on my job (For people that don’t know, I’m an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. They basically want to know how I went from living and working as a Daycare teacher in America to living and working as an ESL teacher in South Korea. I usually give this information freely online so that people will be able to have a headstart on their journey if they decide to move to South Korea.

However, my content has been a little different lately. I have been posting on social media about my two recent adventures I’ve been on since I came to South Korea: Seoul and Busan. I decided to take a three day trip to Seoul and Busan within days of each other and decided to post my journey on social media. Considering the massive videos and photos I took based on these two places alone, I decided it would probably be best if I combined them into one long video and post it on Youtube.

If you want to check out my latest video on Youtube, it’s called My Weekend in Seoul (You can click on the link above and it will send you directly to the video). I will also be including the link in the PDF version of my newsletter as well). I had a wonderful time in Seoul and I hope you will be able to enjoy the experience as well with the video I have created.

Other News

In other news, I have finally finished the first draft of my Work-in-progress based off of my spinoff series that I hope to publish between late this year or early next year on multiple publishing platforms such as Amazon, Ingramspark, Draft2Digital and more. Beyond the resources that are here in the United States, my plan is to also do some research and explore other print-on-demand services to print my books worldwide along with the companies I usually publish with. One example that I found was a print-on-demand company called 24bookprint where you can print your book all over Europe such as France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. For authors who may be interested in this service, I will provide the information below.

Website: 24bookprint.com/en/

My Overall Reading for the Month Of May

My choice for the month of May is more of a nonfiction book than a fiction book right now considering I will be doing some self-editing for Courtney’s Redemption next week.

The Book: Seven Drafts: Self-Edit like a Pro from Blank Page to Book

Author: Allison K. Williams

Summary: This book is a self-help book for authors who may have trouble with the self-editing process of writing your novel or memoir. It is packed with information on what type of draft you would need to have a completed manuscript that either you would self-publish, send to an agent for publication or if you can afford it, seek outside help for an editor. It begs the question of how many drafts does an author need before they can finally say that it’s finished enough for the next stage of the writing process. Although I will admit that I haven’t finished the book yet (it might take me until June in order to do so), I found this book to be quite useful when it comes to the editing process of writing and editing the book from start to finish.

Star Rating: Five stars

That’s it for this edition of my monthly newsletter. Please be sure to check back next month for more exciting writing and reading news.

Dominique Gibson

Hi! Dominique Gibson is back with another post. So, I wanted to give an exciting update on what is going to happen with my current work in progress that I am doing now. As of April 13th, 2026, I have ordered another book from Amazon. This time it is a writing book that I will be reading and taking notes from during the self-editing process of my work. The books I officially had in the past I had to give away because of my move last year from the United States to South Korea.

So, I had to start all over again when it came to my book collection. One of the books I got to start the self-editing process is called Seven Drafts: Self-Edit like a Pro From Blank Page to Book by Allison K. Williams. There is a table of contents where she talks about the different stages of self-editing from “The Vomit Draft,” which I am assuming is the first draft of your novel, to publication of your book after its finished. My hope is that I will start reading it and taking notes on it by the end of May at the least.

Small writing update: I am still in the final phase of my work in progress. My hope is that I will be able to update you on the completion of the first draft very soon.

That’s all for now. See you soon.
Dominique Gibson

Title: Seven Drafts: Self-Edit like a Pro From Blank Page to Book

Author: Allison K. Williams

Hello! Dominique Gibson is back with another post. I know that it has been a while since I have posted. I would personally like to apologize for that considering I have been very busy at the moment (well at least for the last couple of months really) trying to get back into the groove of everything (writing, posting, and Marketing).

Lately, I have been working on my current WIP and I am hoping that I will be able to finish it by the end of this year considering this project has been sitting in my drawer and hasn’t been touched too much since I left the U.S. for South Korea last year. Before that, it was off and on between my two other self-publishing projects: Courtney’s Redemption and The Reinmans.

Besides that, I am also looking at videos again on YouTube on the publishing industry as a whole. I came across two videos that talked about Publishing as a writer in the Traditional Publishing space in addition to going full time as a writer in the current age we are living in.

Here are the two videos I watched that talked about the publishing process:

Should you give up on traditional publishing by Books and Such literary management and The Truth about being a writer by Falstaff books. Both of these videos are available on YouTube. You should go and check it out.

That’s all for now. If I am able to include the links to the videos, I will do so at a later time. Until then, see you soon.

Dominique Gibson

Hi! Dominique Gibson is back with another post. I have been trying very hard lately to post some videos on here on the progress I have made so far this year. Unfortunately, I am now having issues with uploading them here but I am hoping that I will be able to do so real soon.

I have been really busy when it comes to working on my latest project but I have just recently upgraded my plan for another year. Hooray! This means I will be able to post more content on my website and on social media too.

So, look for more content, blog posts, and other forms of media very soon. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Dominique Gibson