The Self-Sabotaging Writer

Death by the pen. Truly mightier than the sword.

When I first started writing violent, feminist-y things, people told me, "Nobody's going to buy that. People won't read that. You won't ever sell a million copies. You're a niche writer.  You'll just be a marginalized writer. So long as you know that, it's cool. Maybe you should write some YA instead."

And, you know, I accepted that. I accepted it rather blindly, because hey, that's what it's like when you write stuff that isn't mainstream...