When did you first start writing?
I literally cannot recall a time when I wasn't storytelling. My first memory was realizing I was telling a story to my dad and a sister. I wrote little stories all through school but began seriously working on the Flight of the Armada series back in 2001.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
I was frustrated at the double-edged sword of established publishing - "We want something new, unusual, outside-the-box for our readers" in the submission guidelines became "Thank you but your work is not the kind of thing we publish or what our readers have come to expect" when the rejection slip came back. I knew what kind of stories I wanted to tell and I knew what people wanted to read BECAUSE I ASKED THEM. I had beta readers who read my books as I wrote and gave me great feedback. One of them told me "This is the kind of stuff I would like to read more often, but publishers always follow the same boring formula. You don't." That sealed it.
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