We sit down with Richard Conrath , who recently self-published his first book, Cooper's Moon . It tells the story of a college professor turned homicide detective who finds his way into the world of human trafficking of children. We explore the writing process with him, but also the world of self-publishing, which has changed in recent years. What was once considered an outlier in the publishing world -- think the term ‘vanity press’ -- has evolved to become a way for authors to maintain control