"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them."
Maybe she means the merits of publishing versus self-publishing?
She must mean that. But even so - how important is it to REALLY publish it vs. self-publishing it? Well, that's up to you. The advantages/disadvantages? You may not have a choice.
Maybe she has you confused with the other less-famous Heebie-Geebie. Or maybe she just has you confused. Or maybe both!
how important is it to REALLY publish it vs. self-publishing it?
Depends how important it is being published and losing lots of money or not being published at all, surely.
I would think that she means "in order to make money selling it."
How did this person get your email address?
Somebody who writes like that, barely distinguishable from a spam comment, has no business writing books.