This Blog Is Now Your Megaphone: A Love Letter to Every Indie Author Who’s Ever Felt Invisible

I’ve been indie for two years, and some nights I still stare at my screen wondering if anyone will ever truly meet Evelyn.

I know you’ve done the same.

You finished the book. You bled for it. You paid for the cover, the edits, the proof copies that felt like ransom. You learned Canva at 2 a.m., posted every single day, answered every comment like it was oxygen, and still watched the silence stretch on.

We’ve all been there.

The launch day that felt like shouting into a canyon.

The weeks of radio silence after “publish.”

The moment you realize the algorithm doesn’t care how many nights you gave it.

I’m tired of watching brilliant books disappear just because their authors don’t have a marketing team or a lucky viral moment.

That’s why this blog is changing.

Starting today, this space is no longer just mine.

It’s also yours.

Every week I’m opening these pages to indie authors who are still in the trenches.

I’ll feature your book — and then I’ll scream about it to every reader who already trusts my taste.

No cost. No strings. No “you have to promote me back.”

Just one indie lifting another because we know exactly how heavy this road is.

And while we’re here, two quick things I’ve learned the hard way that might help you right now:

Stop waiting for permission.

Your book is already good enough. The only thing missing is the right reader finding it at the right moment. That moment can be today.

Borrowed belief is real.

When another author says “I see you, I love this, here’s my audience” — something shifts. I’ve felt it when someone shared my work. I want you to feel it too.

My second book, The Monarch’s Inferno, comes out January 20.

I’m still pushing it uphill the same way you are.

So I get it.

The doubt. The exhaustion. The stubborn hope that refuses to die.

Let me carry your book for a minute.

Send me an email — d.golden.conlin@gmail.com — with:

Your title and one-line hook

Your cover

Your buy link

One fun fact about the book or you

Your social handle (so I can tag you)

I read every single one.

I’ll feature a handful every week.

And I’ll share them like they’re my own.

Because the best stories I’ve read this year didn’t come from the bestseller lists.

They came from people exactly like us.

Your book deserves to be found.

Let me help.

Inbox is open.

First features next week.

See you on the other side of invisible.