Tweed has written over a dozen books, which sounds impressive until you realize most of them were written during quarantine, when literally anything seemed better than baking sourdough. He also collects black belts in Japanese martial arts (because apparently therapy was too straightforward), plays an irresponsible number of instruments, and builds weird stuff like arcade machines and guitars nobody asked for. For reasons still unclear, he went back to school to study veterinary medicine, which has mostly slowed his writing schedule and increased his student debt.

Before this academic lapse in judgment, Tweed spent twenty years in music production and publishing, hanging around award-winning artists while doing the glamorous work of turning knobs and not dying on tour. To fund his hobbies, he moonlighted as a web and graphic designer, proving that, yes, you can have two careers and still disappoint your parents. He now channels those experiences into books like Rockstar Nobody and his DIY musician guide, which basically exist so other people can avoid his mistakes. As Executive Editor at Squill Publishing, he lends his “wisdom” to new writers, which mostly involves reminding them that writing is a terrible financial decision.

Because he doesn’t know when to stop, Tweed also makes music for his novels. Rockstar Nobody comes with a full album recorded by its fictional band, because why not blur reality and fiction if it makes things more confusing? He’s autistic and ADHD (AuDHD), which explains a lot, and he loudly advocates for better mental health care and more honest conversations around suicidal ideation because, frankly, pretending everything’s fine has never worked out for anyone.