For the last year and a half, I’ve shown up on social media almost exclusively as an author. A bookstagram. A writing account. A place built around drafts, book content, edits, cover reveals, and the long, quiet work of bringing stories into the world, indie-style. In May, after two years of building it piece by piece, I indie published my first dystopian novel, Without Light  (The Sanctioned Series). I’ve never been shy about saying it wasn’t a genre I set out to write. I bu

The Alignment Season Things are about to get a little quieter. Welcome to the calm before what I hope will be an incredible storm in 2026. I’m calling this my alignment season . Not a rebrand, not a pivot, just a pause—a deliberate space to breathe, reset, and figure out how to bring The Sanctioned Series  to the readers who will connect with it most deeply. The Honest Part When I published Without Light , I did what every debut author does: I built the world, hit publish, an

Here’s the thing about being an indie author: writing the book is only half the battle. The other half? Selling it. And unless you’re...