If you have gone to my (book’s) Instagram account or Facebook Page, you would have noticed something by now. That’s right, I, the author of Sweet Like Sugar, stay hidden behind my book.

Well, I’m here to assure you that I am real. 🙂

Why, then, am I being so secretive about myself? Shouldn’t I be out there, to promote myself, show people how happy I am being a writer and so on? Other authors, indie or not, do this, right?

Perhaps I am old-fashioned or you can call me naïve, but I have only wished my book to go far, not because you see how I look like, see my day-to-day activity, and feel like you could be my friend. I mean, I would be happy if you feel like you could be my friend! But for my book, I need to know that people and its readers like it because of the book itself, and nothing else. And if nobody does like it because of whatever reason, that’s okay, too. At least I know that I stayed true to myself and that’s what’s important to me.

Does that sound abnormal? I guess it does, even to myself. I’m not special, and who the h**l is D. P. Haka anyway? Nobody has heard of that name.

But I have another confession to make. Before coming upon The Thirteenth Tale or Geek Love, I had also never heard of Diane Setterfield or Katherine Dunn. And to this date, I don’t follow them in social media either. It didn’t stop me from reading their books and eventually falling in love with them … the books, I mean.

I know who I am, and that is enough for now. I am far from normal, but who says we have to be normal anyway?

I’d like to clarify, though, that I really admire all the writers out there, indie or mainstream, self-published or not, who put themselves all out in their own channels. It takes courage to do that, and maybe that way is working best for them for reaching their goals.

As for me and my unconventional way, it’s an untrodden path that I can’t say yet if it’s working or not. But if a few years from now you don’t hear from me anymore … well, then you know what that means! 😀

Stay special and stay true to yourself, people!