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…
Creative Seasons: When the Story Needs Space to Breathe
For the past several weeks, my writing life has slipped quietly into one of those unexpected “wintering” phases — the kind we don’t always plan for, but usually learn from.…
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…
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✨ Souls on the Page: The People of Threads of Light
Every story begins with a voice. Sometimes it arrives all at once. Other times, it whispers from the edges of a scene, waiting to be heard. The characters in Threads…
Where Do Threads Begin?
When I set out to write The Second Coming of Grace, I found myself needing more than plot points and character sketches. I needed to know the people in Grace’s…
After Grace: A New Story Begins
A few weeks ago, The Second Coming of Grace stepped out into the world—and into the hands of its first readers. I’ve been quietly absorbing the ripple effects since then:…
What Is Visionary Fiction, Anyway?
Some people call it spiritual fiction. Others call it metaphysical. Some say it's literary with a mystic twist. For me, it’s all of the above—and something deeper. Visionary fiction is…