I firmly believe in not dumbing down language and that people would benefit more if they were forced to look in a dictionary every so often. Reading has become a bit lazy in this day and age, in my personal opinion. Instant gratification is often sought, and I, too, have looked at reviews for older tales only to be saddened. It's funny, a lot of what people complain about are things that I personally loved! Haha.

I'm sorry about the location drama -- another person had issues recently too due to her location which I felt absolutely horrible about. Amazon really is terrible but at the beginning it's a necessary evil.

This is my first time publishing with a plan. With my first book, Half Past the Moonfall, I didn't really know what I was doing. But with my experience from that I surmised that it would be best to start with preorders and being an Amazon Exclusive in order to (hopefully) get reviews before having it available on other platforms. A lot of people seem to use Kindle Unlimited so I'm hoping I get a little bit of notice from those users. Then afterwards, migrate everywhere else with at least a couple of reviews available.

I hope that's how it'll go, at least!