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Indie Author Spotlight: In Conversation with … Myself
Sterling Vance turns the Indie Spotlight questions on himself — and it gets uncomfortable in the best way. He talks about what Signal & Static is actually about underneath the cyberpunk, why the earliest version was stranger and more dreamlike than the one that published, what indie publishing actually feels like versus what you think it will, and why comfortable control is scarier than pure evil. Also: a first look at A Perfectly Useless War, currently in beta and available for preorder on Amazon. -
Indie Author Spotlight: In Conversation with … Myself
Sterling Vance turns the Indie Spotlight questions on himself — and it gets uncomfortable in the best way. He talks about what Signal & Static is actually about underneath the cyberpunk, why the earliest version was stranger and more dreamlike than the one that published, what indie publishing actually feels like versus what you think it will, and why comfortable control is scarier than pure evil. Also: a first look at A Perfectly Useless War, currently in beta and available for preorder on Amazon. -
Discover Dayna Styles: Complete Paranormal Why Choose Romance Trilogy
18+ Contains Adult Content Last year, I did more than just book reviews on my blog. I wrote author interviews and also indie author spotlights. I think it's time to start bringing more to my blog again. So here is my first indie spotlight. Author Dayna Styles has what looks to be an incredible paranormal why-choose romance trilogy out, and book three has just been released today! If you’re like me and you hate starting a series only to discover the next book isn’t out yet and you have to wait…you won’t have that problem here; this is a completed trilogy. Pssst, did I mention it's Nymphs and Vampires? […] -
Discover Dayna Styles: Complete Paranormal Why Choose Romance Trilogy
18+ Contains Adult Content Last year, I did more than just book reviews on my blog. I wrote author interviews and also indie author spotlights. I think it's time to start bringing more to my blog again. So here is my first indie spotlight. Author Dayna Styles has what looks to be an incredible paranormal why-choose romance trilogy out, and book three has just been released today! If you’re like me and you hate starting a series only to discover the next book isn’t out yet and you have to wait…you won’t have that problem here; this is a completed trilogy. Pssst, did I mention it's Nymphs and Vampires? […] -
Seen, Heard, and Owning My Story: My Bold Journey Interview Is Live
Just a short blog to let you know the Bold Journey interview is officially out, and I’m sitting with a mix of gratitude, vulnerability, and quiet pride.
This wasn’t just another interview for me. It felt like a pause. A moment to look back at the winding, messy, nonlinear road that led me here and to name it without minimizing it.
In the interview, I talk about resilience, curiosity, grit, and the people who shaped me. I talk about my Mamá teaching me how to read in Spanish, about becoming a mother young, about building a creative life that didn’t come with a blueprint. I talk about learning through discomfort, about doing things wrong and still moving forward, and about choosing growth even when quitting felt easier.
What I appreciate most about Bold Journey is that they don’t ask you to polish your story into something palatable. They let it be real. And that matters to me, because so much of my work, both as a writer and as a person, lives in that space between survival and softness.
If there’s one thing I hope people take from the interview, it’s this: you don’t need permission to evolve. You don’t need to have it all figured out. Curiosity, persistence, and the willingness to keep learning can carry you further than perfection ever will.
This interview feels like a marker. Not an arrival, but a recognition. A reminder that the work matters. That the story matters. That I matter.
You can read the full interview here:
👉 https://boldjourney.com/meet-johanny-ortega/And if you’re in a season of doubt, of rebuilding, of becoming, I hope you see yourself somewhere in these answers.
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