I was cleaning through old computer files when I came across these two photos, 10 years apart. The 2015 photo is from my very first Barnes & Noble author event and the first time anyone ever asked me to sign a copy of my book. It was wild. What does one even write when autographing a book. And since I use a pen name, I couldn’t even get my own (new) signature right. The 2025 photo just happens to be a similar snapshot of me signing books, which I thought made for a nice “then and now” side by side. Like, holy cow, I’ve been doing this for 10+ years.

This is going to be a ruminating, reflective sequel to an old post I wrote right after finishing I Ching, The Oracle: “Author’s Thoughts After Three Books.” Reading that before this post will provide background context. For anyone interested in yet another layer of subtext, there’s this old video and companion write-up: “To the New Pagan Author.”

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