I lost my writer voice five years ago, and I'm only slowly growing it back now.

Please bear with me while I choppily put words on your screen.

I started publishing my books back in 2012 when self-publishing was still kinda new-ish, and all the internet trolls had a party torching independent writers because we didn't go through the holy gatekeepers of proper literature, aka "traditional publishers." We dared to do our own thing while showing the holy gatekeepers our middle finger.

Oops, did I forget to mention that independent publishing is much older than Amazon? But that's a story for another time.

My self-publishing journey went a lot better than expected. I'd hoped for 800€ per year (our vacation budget back then), but in my good years, I managed to make enough to support my family of four as the sole breadwinner.

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