What motivated you to become an indie author?
I used to want to be published traditionally. I honestly thought that was the only option for so long. When I discovered it wasn't, I found myself hoping I had another window to get through. But, I heard so many horror stories about self-publishing and about how hard it was to market and distribute, I shut the option down.
Now that I'm older and determined to actually move forward with my work instead of keeping it all to myself, I did some real research. I found this website, along with two others, and I'm going to do all the work I can to hopefully make this my full-time job. I want to be successful without having a publishing company ask for hundreds of dollars a month or a year. I also wanted to keep creative control of how my book looked and who could get their hands on it. I found that self-publishing was the way to go, and I'm ready to take that dive.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Writing has been my outlet for everything!
I'm a very emotional human. When I feel things, I feel them deeply. When I was a teenager and really starting to go through emotional times, writing was the only way I could cope with it.
So, to answer the question, the greatest joy of writing for me is the freedom it allows. You don't ever have to share your words with the world, but you have the freedom to put them down somewhere anyway. I think that's amazing. I've always loved the term, "the pen is mightier than the sword", because it's so true.
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