I’ve found over the years that my writer’s “niche” is about as definable as any of my many trains of thought—it isn’t.
You see, my state of mind is fractured. And my writing reflects that.
I don’t personally find it odd to write a long-form essay about writing and AI on Monday morning only to have written a trauma dump poem about codependency by lunch, a profanity laden parody of popular religious texts by dinner, and an emotionally wrenching parenting confession by bedtime.
Unfortunately, this does not fly when your goal is to become a successful fantasy novelist. Or, you know, marketable in general.
The best way I have found to manage this is to fracture myself online in the same way I have fractured myself in my head. It’s the only way to keep this 2E AuDHD cPTSD brain happy, so it is the route we are going to have to take. Which means this publication will be messy and chaotic and all over the place.
And who doesn’t like variety?
I might not be able to promise you what will come out of my mind next and land in your inbox, but I can guarantee you won’t be bored.
Want to give it a go? You can always back out. Don’t worry. I won’t be upset. I’ll understand. My wolves on the other hand… they ask that you at least consider buying me a coffee before you go ;)
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