Hey PH people! I almost quit my dream! Can you relate?

I almost quit writing a fantasy short story that I have been working on for 30 years. The story has been in my head, and I had LOTS of scrap peices of paper, so I went online. HUGE mistake!

Seriously. After 20 years of building complex systems for others, I was defeated by the sheer number of hoops I had to jump through just to organize my own fictional world.

I'd open my notes, lose my place in the draft, try to track a timeline, and end up overwhelmed. I realized: if someone with my technical background was this frustrated, imagine how hard it is for everyone else.

So I sat down and poured myself into creating a solution. MythoScribe was born out of that frustration. It was an 8-month project to build the single, central, and subscription-free digital workspace I needed to finally get my story finished. I built it for myself, and I'm sharing it in the hope it solves the same pain for someone out there like me.

How many people here have created apps and services out of sheer industry frustration?
How did you find people to at least look at your product?
Are there any Authors out there who can give some advice and direction?

Thanks,
Ric