I seem to recall that Portland has an Independent book publisher that is pretty well respected, or was about 8 years ago, the name escapes me at the moment. But if they have an office, a face to face may be a good thing, I do not know. You do well on your videos, and seem to be comfortable in front of people, perhaps approach your local newspaper, (they are a dying breed), and see if they would like to test run an Alex Story column in the wednesday edition and do there like you do on steemit. See if they would do a 4 week trial see if their circulation picks up on Wednesday's. Accept an initial trial price from them for the work. After the trial if people respond well to the stories talk to the paper and expand a little bit.

After two months if the newspaper stories are doing well talk to the local morning TV show producers and see if they would be interested in doing an interview? Get your name out their.

Use that fear and think outside the box. Just an Idea.