True Faith

I’m coming up on a strange anniversary.

The anniversary of an incident that would change the course of my life. Two days, August 3rd, 2020, marks one year since I suffered an “injury” that would put me out of work for a year.

Over the last six years, the indie comic book world has come to know me as a published writer, editor, and direct sales motivator. However, like most hardworking tradesmen and women in this industry, books weren’t what was keeping the lights on. We work day jobs and while most of my colleagues are English teachers, I’ve spent the last decade in a profession that‘s much different (to say the least).

In fact, my comic direct sales and marketing panel, “Good Luck with That”, opens like this:

Hello. I’m comic writer, Kasey Pierce. For the last six years, I’ve been touring with the largest comic book publisher in the Midwest, Source Point Press. I attend a little over twenty-two shows a year selling not only my books, but pushing the entire company catalogue — acting as a brand ambassador. I have an acclaimed movie-optioned sci-fi comic series called “Norah” and I’ve…