…in which Kel tries not to be a bitch

I have a humble request for my fellow indie writers. I want to not be a bitch about it. I'm not sure it's possible, so I'm just going to say it.

When we're posting about our books, or our writing career, on a public forum, could we try to act as though there are people reading our words? People who buy books and tell their friends about them? Could we try to act as though there are self-publishing naysayers reading them, too? Because there are.

It's natural, for example, to be excited about a p...