What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
Seeing the stories that at first only I could see, the worlds and characters that only existed inside my head, take permanent form in the real world - even if that's just text on a page. And hearing from readers who say this thing I created made them happy.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
Frustration, maybe a little bit of rebellion. A lot of writing advice I'd gotten way back in the beginning was all about needing to conform to what the industry wanted, and I didn't like that. Why would I want to write exactly what everyone else was writing? Authors aren't supposed to conform, we're supposed to create, and I see self-publishing as empowering us to do just that.
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