Writers
Who writes these guides, and how
Dontbeinthedark is written by a small content team. We publish under one disclosed editorial pen name, Rachel Monroe, so readers get one consistent voice and one consistent set of standards across every guide.
A pen name isn't a way to hide who's accountable. The publication is. Every guide is checked against official sources before it goes up, dated, and corrected in public when something changes. If you think a guide gets something wrong, tell us and we'll look at the source again.
What the byline means in practice: a guide that starts with the question you're actually asking, explains what's known, says what varies where you live, and ends with a short list of next steps.