Naomi’s Writing Journey

Behind the scenes of my debut novel, personal reflections, and insights on writing.

  • First They Came… Again? Why Canadians Can’t Ignore U.S. Politics

    This isn’t my usual subject matter. Normally, I write about more personal or creative topics, but today I feel compelled to speak out about the political situation unfolding in the United States—and how it might ripple across the border into Canada. I don’t align “left” because I made a conscious decision to join a team.…

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    Where Does Consciousness Go?

    Lately, with everything going on in my life, I’ve been circling back to one of those questions that sits at the edge of grief: what happens to consciousness when someone dies? I notice that even a lot of religious people, when they talk about the afterlife, frame it as something vague and mythological — as…

  • Return to Base: The Afterlife as Mission Command

    Lately, I’ve been thinking about the afterlife in military terms. Not so much the noise and chaos of a battlefield, but the structure of a command post: deployment orders, mission briefings, reconnaissance reports, and eventual return to base. In this framing, reincarnation isn’t random. It’s organized. Each life is a mission—sometimes training, sometimes recon, sometimes…

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    At the Edge of the Pitch: Quantum Potential and the Sacred Pause

    There’s a moment in baseball, just before the pitch is thrown, that exists entirely in potential. The batter squares up. The infield shifts. The crowd holds its breath. The pitcher winds up—and in that suspended heartbeat, anything could happen. A bunt. A home run. A miss. The pitch could go wild. The batter could flinch.…

  • Are We Quantum?

    Dreams, Particles, and the Possibility of the Beyond When I was twelve years old, I had a dream that would quietly reshape how I understand reality. In the dream, my father was in the lake, being hurled by waves against jagged rocks. The image was vivid—violent, even—and I woke up with the uneasy sense that…

  • What’s Next: Stories Taking Shape

    This year has brought change on every level—and while I continue to navigate the personal and practical challenges of transition, my creative life is blossoming in parallel. Several new stories have taken root, and others are ripening into readiness. Many of you have encountered pieces of these on my website, but I wanted to gather…

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