Thinkingdog Publishing

Stop me if you've been here before.... You're finally getting away, going on vacation, and you're thinking - yes, think of all the reading I'm going to do! For me, it used to look like this—I’d gather a stack of books. Not one or two, but twenty. Maybe twenty-five. A full, ambitious pile that reflected not just who I was, but who I thought I should be: more well-read, more disciplined, more “on top” of my reading life. I told myself I’d finally have the time. That I’d sit for hours, uninterrupted, moving from one book to the next with focus and intention. And then reality would arrive. A chapter here. A few pages there. Maybe a longer stretch if it rained. But nowhere near the marathon I had imagined. For a long time, that gap felt like failure. The Hidden Pressure We Put on Ourselves As an author—especially an indie author—it’s easy to blur the line between passion and performance. Reading becomes more than enjoyment. It turns into: Research Market awarenes...