In setting up my author page, I struggled with what to
choose as my author byline. For those who know me, I haven’t exactly embraced
concepts of social media, relegating the establishment of an author brand as something found in
infomercials. I expressed my curmudgeon behavior of the subject recently at http://blameitonthemuse.com/confessions-of-a-website-avoider/
as DT Tarkus. The resulting commentary told me to suck it up and get with the
program. Sigh.
An author friend of mine advised to look at my stories and
find a common element. I tend to write
about YA protagonists ripped from normality to face dark, impossible
situations. To me, it is about moving toward that proverbial light at the end
of a long, seemingly-infinite tunnel. Searching
for light in the darkness. I’m not the first to make this connection.
