Welcome to the Writer, Imposter community!

Here we gather to discuss the process of indie writing, publishing, and getting over the existential and psychological dread associated. Additionally, we will provide early access to videos and merchandise to community members of all levels.

Phew.

I'm happy I got that out in a single breath. Here it is again, a little less formally: This is a place for writers to freak out about writing. And whenever we make something new, our Locals community will get some special treatment.

So, I'm a writer ... a fat, old, white, male writer. We're a dime a dozen. I'm also someone who has dealt with poor reading skills and low self-esteem for looks at watch much of his life. Despite my English/Reading elementary school learning experiences being somewhat ... remedial, in high school I found out people actually wrote books that I enjoy reading, mainly stories with dragons in them that weren't ancient mythologies I'd already read a dozen times. I fell in love with reading at 14 and strangely enough my grades in English went from low Cs and Ds to high Bs and As. My senior year English teacher even asked me to edit the graduation speeches given by the four student speakers. (That's content editing, not line editing. I still suffer exceptionally with spelling issues and dozens of punctuation rules. I continue to learn and relearn much of these rules, but I have to give a huge "Thank You!!" to my editors. And spellcheck? You're the real MVP!)

It was also at that time in my life when I started falling in love with creating my own stories. When it came time to choose a college major, I asked the brother of a friend if he thought I would do well as an English major. He bluntly laughed in my face. Considering he had an English degree, it set me off that path. While for years I fumed over that injustice, it was probably for the best considering who I was at that point. The dream never really died, however. Now that I'm older, it's time to get back at the dream. With my return, something new crept into my psyche: Imposter Syndrome.

It's stupid.
It's irrational.
It's purely emotional.
But OMG is it real.

I can't be the only one going through this, so why not create an entire community of people who can support me ... umm ... support each other?

So what does this mean for you, the "Imposter in Consideration?" Well for one, you can provide me with the emotional support I so badly need. But also I hope to be able to provide for you at a bare minimum some entertainment in the form of cringeworthy oversharing and new examples of procrastination.

In all seriousness, I want to help other people through what I have found to be some of the most difficult parts of becoming a writer. I know I'm not unique in my experiences, but I hope that I can bring to the world something more than I have taken from it. Additionally, I know that there are those who have even more to give, if only they could find a place to do it. To those ends and so many more that I can only gesticulate wildly to describe, I formed this community.

I want to keep much of the community open for everyone, but there are those that wish to support me monetarily. For those that wish to go above and beyond, I want to provide early access to new content and potentially exclusive discounts on merchandise.

If you feel like an Imposter but you also need someplace where that's not a crime, join us here at Writer, Imposter.

tl;dr - I'm a verbose writer with issues. If you have issues too, let's help each other out.