As a self-published author, there is a strange clash of philosophies that one can deal with going down this path. On the one hand, most creatives, including authors, tend to lean to the Left side of things on the political spectrum. At the same time, the very core of the indie author movement is one that holds many tenents of the Right as it is a pure form of capitalism, entrepreneurship, and a free market. KC Hunter looks at how that balance is achieved in the indie author space and some of the pitfalls the come from being a creative mind that has to adjust to a marketing mindset.