why has writing become so hard?

I’ve wondered how I’ve lost sight of the joy that used to fill me up back when I was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, getting lost in the worlds of my own making. but the truth is simple.

that kind of writing was just for me.

when I first began writing a book, I didn’t have intentions to even publish it.

and then slowly, I shifted into wanting to publish a book.

I went through pen names and ideas and concepts and it all came back to self-publishing in the end.

but before I ...