One of my biggest problems as an author is comparison, especially now that I've entered the publishing space. I look at other indie authors' numbers and compare them to my own, telling myself that it must be my marketing or my premise that is falling short. But the comparison, I realize, does me no good at all. Because I am not them, and they are not me. My writing journey is going to look different from theirs, as is true with every author. Mine especially because of the cur

Middle-of-Nowhere, Ohio Most of the people reading this first post will probably know all about my origins in the middle-of-nowhere, Ohio. Especially considering that just about everybody who knew me knew about my passion for writing. In the middle-of-nowhere, there is lots of thinking to do. Thinking about all the things could be , thinking about what it would be like living in the city, about not having to drive 30 minutes just to go to a nice restaurant, about the fact tha