Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

The States has more publishers and a wider range of aesthetics but so much more competition - the amount of writers vying for the same spot as you is staggering. I think they're different challenges, but equally frustrating when you're trying to get your foot in the door.

I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

Fewer publishers mean you have a limited set of aesthetics, so you know who can and can't send your work to. You have more situations where you take the offer or don't get published or you learn to self-publish.

Our ability to factory farm animals is coldly psychopathic.

The push and pull of representing your world responsibly and your artistic license is a tricky balance.