Hi. Welcome to Business is Unusual. I'm here with Stephanie, and, I'm really excited to have you back on the show to talk about what you're up to. Welcome.

Hi. I'm well happy to be here again. It's so nice to see you again.

Yes. I love catching up. And I wanna dive into what you've been up to and the work that you do because it's very interesting in your new developments.

I am an independent author. I spend my time making up worlds alongside everything else I have to do in my life. And then I edit them, work with editors, work with cover designers, learn how to market, work with narrators to create the audiobook. And I'm currently learning how to edit audiobooks. So it's a big skill set, but, you know, it's fun to learn things sometimes.

Yeah. It's like well and one of the things that I find to be interesting to delve into is the indie author path is definitely a many hats kind of path. Right? Like, it's not traditional publishing where you get in advance and somebody runs everything for you. Like, you were saying you have to learn all these skills. What is the, I guess, that balance of you get to learn these things, and then, obviously, you have to do things, but it there has to be some satisfaction in it, or I would assume that you would throw your hands up in the air after the halfway through book 1, and you're on, what, book 4. Right? So Yeah. Can you talk a little bit about the the payoff, I guess, in terms of what what keeps you going? What what makes that that large scale, many hats? Oh, I have to learn a new skill today experience worth going with for you, specifically?

For me, I think it comes down to I like entertaining people. Mhmm. I like knowing that in real life, I like to crack at the right the right joke at the right time and get the laugh and all that stuff, tell the funny story. And in my books, I like to write twists and turns and dark characters, like, to keep people engaged and to just entertain them for a little, like, a little tiny slice of their day. That's Mhmm. I think what keeps me going. Either that or it's insanity, I don't know.

Maybe both. I mean, we can't. So you talk about creating worlds. Are your books set in different universes, or are they all set in the same world? Or or gamut of options for people to sample?

The Paige Hanson trilogy, which is the diseased body count and maternal instincts, is all set on earth 2. So it's it's like a little it's got a little bit of dystopia. I call it a dystopian thriller. And if you were ever lucky enough to read my very, very first book back in 2018, which is no longer available other than an audio, then you'll get the Easter egg that earth 2 is what's created at the end of the light series. Because I just like putting Easter eggs in there for me. But long weekend, which is my latest one, which is a stand alone that's coming out in April, That's just set in our world. That's just popcorn thriller. Nice.

So what what happened to your book? Why isn't it available?

Because I want to rewrite it. I've come on a long way since 2018, and I believe in the story. I believe in the characters. I think I can do them more justice now. So that's on my list to rewrite that and republish that.

I get

that. I sometimes wanna go back and redo old podcast episodes because I'm like, man, I could have done a better job for my people. Because I love you all so much. I love that you show up and you share your passions and your life and your time with me, the people who are listening, because they just feel this is how I inspire myself as I connect with other people that are doing interesting, unique, passionate things in the world so that I remember I'm not alone in believing there is more possible than a grind. Yeah.

I like that.

So I feel that whether it's character or person, I think there's a beauty in being committed to the best we can do. So

Yeah. Definitely.