Why I wrote Concerning Death

A few years ago I was in a dark place. I was finding it hard to see any good in this world, all I saw was war and crime and humanity going against humanity. I thought humankind was inhumane.

I could feel myself slipping. I could see the hope flickering, like an unprotected candle, and I knew even a strong breeze would extinguish it completely. I had to do something.

The thing is, all of those inspirational sayings, all those encouragements, they sound like nails on a chalkboard when you are in a bad place. I needed something else.

So I came up with an idea: I would write a story. I would make the setting as bad as I possibly could. I would put the characters in a dark pit of their own, I would send storms to try to extinguish their candle of hope. These characters would have to go through everything I was feeling at a distance, and they would have to do it up close. All the wars and crimes I had come to associate with humanity, these characters would have to fight up close.

This group of characters would start out a rock bottom, with no clear path on how to get through it, with nothing to protect their candle but themselves. I would let them loose, let them make their own decisions, be their own people, and I told myself if they made it through the book I could make it through life. This was all five years ago. I am doing much better now, the book served its purpose for me. It is my hope that maybe it can help someone else as well.

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Concerning Death is available from today on Patreon, BookFunnel, Amazon, and a bunch of others. (Please be aware that the book is currently only free on Patreon and BookFunnel, and that the audio chapters will be exclusive to Patreon.)