Nameless is a story about feeling like nothing in a world full of everything, where everyone has an identity and knows their place, but it feels like there is no place for you. My entire life, I felt like I was doing everything wrong, while everyone was doing it right. I started writing this book as a let out, a way to relieve my frustrations about my life—I never thought I would get to the point where I would be typing on my own website, which in a sense is why I wrote Nameless. I didn't tell anyone I was writing a book (besides my friend Noah, he's the best), it took me until April/May to actually tell my mom about it. (I tell my mom everything) I found myself while writing this book. I would get home from a late shift and start writing, and I'd jot down sticky notes of ideas while I was working. My entire life revolved around my dog and my book. 

 

I am so proud of my story, though it is dark, and I honestly made myself mad for typing it out sometimes, it reflects my dedication. I've never actually followed through with anything before. Things get hard, and I quit. Whenever I feel like I want to quit, I just think about the character I created into existence and how she'd be stuck in the hell I wrote her into forever if I just gave up. (I sound crazy, I know, but you revolve your life around something for ten months and tell me that you didn't get attached.) 

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As attached as one can be, and as proud as one can be—I am terrified. Every time I think about someone reading my book, I imagine them hating it, and maybe they will. It is okay. Unless EVERYONE hates my book, then yeah, that's not okay, but I won't give up. I'll rewrite it. I wrote myself into this book, every horrible thing I thought... so did my characters. Every time I wished I would've just gone home... so did she. Every what if. Everything I wanted to say and never said. Every panic attack, or happy moment. Guess what? My characters did too. To see the ability I wrote into my characters to persevere, well, it showed me that I can do anything—whether it's in another world or not.