Hey fellow crawlers, I just wanted to share my story about how I discovered this weird and wonderful world. 

Back in 2018 I signed up for Reddit Secret Santa. I believe I had done it the previous year as well and it was fun so I figured I would do it again. Well I got sent this beautiful artwork, 9 separate pieces of really cool images on what seemed to be old dictionary pages.  My wife loved them as well so we put them in frames and hung them on the wall.  I also got sent the card of the artist that made them.  A fellow named Matt Dinniman. 

Now I don’t really have social media, I only really scroll Reddit and have my Facebook.  I look up Matt on Facebook to see if he has an artist page to follow.  Find it and follow it.  It wasn’t until a few weeks later I realize it’s his personal account (thanks for accepting Matt lol) 

So sometime during covid in 2020 I notice Matt is posting about this book he wrote about some Carl dude. It was in that moment I realized “ohh this guy isn’t just an artist…apparently he is a writer as well, that’s pretty cool”.  Then came the 2nd book.  Then a 3rd one.  It was around that time I decided “You know what, maybe I should support this random guy I follow on Facebook and buy his book”.  So I ordered book 1.  I had never even heard of LitRPG before let along read one.  But after the first chapter I knew this was going to change my life forever.  And the more I read, the better it got.  

I’m currently reading book 8 and have listened to all the audiobooks. I’m glad to have witnessed all of the success happen from the beginning.  I even hear about random people talking about this series in the wild or at work.  I’m glad to be a part of it.  

My Unique Journey into the world of DDC