Between Two Lives
Over the past two weeks, my life has changed in ways that are both profound and strangely quiet. On March 16, my mother died. For the past twelve years, I…
How Stories Change Us While We’re Writing Them
I’ve been thinking lately about how stories leave their fingerprints on us. We talk so much about shaping characters, refining arcs, and building worlds that we sometimes overlook the quieter…
The Spaces That Shape My Stories
Writers talk a lot about “sense of place,” but what I’ve realized over the years is that every writer has a very particular sense of place — the kind that…
What I Learned About Creativity Last Year
January always feels like a pause between breaths — a moment when the old year hasn’t quite let go and the new one is only beginning to blink awake. It’s…
Creative Cartography: Mapping Where Stories Want to Live
December has settled in thickly here — the kind of winter that arrives with its own architecture. Snow rounding the edges of rooftops. The hush that falls over everything once…