My hope with writing this was not to expose you to a long-format, self-congratulatory celebration, although of course I’m ecstatic with how my first year as an author has gone, but to give a glimpse behind the curtain of my successes and failures. I’m a rising tide lifts all boats kind of guy. If we don’t support the indie book scene around us, we’re all doomed to fade or get swallowed by AI slop. So as usual, maybe the stuff that worked for me won’t work for you. Maybe it will. The best I can d...