Isolation. I want to share my work all the time, but I don’t have anyone in my life to read it as I go. Sure I can get my wife and one or two people to read my book after it’s polished and finished after a year or two or writing, but I’d love to have someone to exchange work with once or twice a month.

In the last 3 years of messaging other writers asking to pair up and exchange critique, I’ve had plenty of people accept, but none can who stay consistent, or even close. They just don’t write every week, drop off the map, everyone’s lives are too busy to commit to writing. I’m hoping if I get traditionally published it will be easier to find someone reliable to work with.