The author: Yours truly The issue: Chronic illness & social media The goal: Creating a space for aspiring authors who suffer from chronic illness Two years ago I was starting my author social media accounts, making posts from the little space I’d created to write in: three folding desks set up with a folding chair, […]
You want to support an author, you buy their book, right? Well, not always. A lot of the greatest authors of our time haven’t even been published yet. I have been invested in authors’ journeys sometimes years before their publication. And even if they have been published, there are a lot more ways to show […]
The social media burnout is real, but that’s not the only reason my online presence has been a little less active. In the beginning of July, I announced that I was going to pull back from posts, poetry, and blogging in order to be able to put all my energy into querying my novel. Now, […]
I saw a quote once that said something along the lines of this: “Most people who practice brutal honesty are more interested in the brutality than the honesty.” I don’t like harsh truths/realities or brutal honesty, and I especially don’t like it when it’s directed at me. Call me an optimist (ironic, I know,) but […]