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[drobertson-author]

Hey Shitheads

I know tumblrs mostly used for your perversion, but I want to introduce myself.

My name is Danielle, and I am a Utah author working to independently publish a memoir and then climb the rungs of the horror genres ever growing ladder.

I’m a stranger, I’m not famous, and to be frank with you Danielle is a pen name to help protect me-not the people in my books. It’s a common theme for survivors to get sued for what they write because they never came forward with their abuse or took the correct steps initially, so without evidence to back, it just sounds like lies, slander, and defamation of character. I’d rather not be knee deep in a crock or shit by telling you about who I am.

So, let’s double down. I’m a stranger, not just a stranger but a COMPLETE stranger now. Why would you ever want to learn about my life?

Well. I grew up different. Not good different, not bad different. I grew up in a house where there were good days and there were bad days and there were absolutely rotten days more often than there were good and bad. The bar for my childhood and my safety was set at “CPS wasn’t knocking, so you’re fine” and “well I didn’t hit you, I just threw stuff at you, so it wasn’t really abuse” and later on, learning that highschool boys get away with something called “spousal rape”. Even if you’re not married, and you force someone to do it because they love you, it’s rape. Not enough 14 year olds know this.

Why does this matter and why does it apply? Because maybe someone out there had this same bar set for them. Maybe because someone out there grew up and was always told “someone has it worse”. Maybe because when you grow up in it, you don’t realize how abnormal it is until you break free. I’m here to tell you that we recover, that someone else’s story doesn’t denote yours, and that these events add up.

Please remember I tell you I’m a stranger, but I am real. I have skin and bones that have been bruised and broken and I’m just as real as you are. What has happened to me is my retelling, not for scare factor or for “edginess”, some may say, but to help someone like me feel less alone. These events are real. If they are too much for you to process, skip. But remember someone experienced them before you critique how they are presented.

Surviving You is available on Wattpad until the kindle edition and hardback and paperback editions are available. Wattpad is my opportunity to allow for beta reading and gauge audience and understand readers. Once the beta reading is over, it may be removed.