thank god for patches of sunshine and silver linings that push past the stormsthank god for the people around mewho make me feel safe thank god for second chancesthank god… Read more Notes on gratitude and patches of sunshine through the storm clouds →
In another world, in another life, perhaps I had the choice to pursue my own path, to shape my own fate. In that other world, perhaps I could steer my life towards what I love towards those I love towards being loved. I yearn for that life where I wasn’t wrenched away again and again, from the choices I would have made, from becoming my own person. Still I pursue that life, reclaiming what I could have been. What I should have been. Perhaps the path between those worlds is… Read more Another Life →
Reading and writing are a form of meditation for me. They help me understand myself and improve my life. As a writer, my reading affects my writing. As a person, my… Read more Reading Challenge – 2019 →
Nanowrimo or National Novel Writing Month is a writing program in which participants write 1667 words daily for the 30 days of November for a total of 50K words, which… Read more Nanowrimo: the Habit of Writing →
“Kill Your Darlings” is a phrase that you’ll come across if you‘re a writer or artist. Typically referencing the revision step of creative endeavors, it means that creative work can’t… Read more Kill Your Darlings or Don’t →
When I tell people that I’m a writer, they inevitably ask if I am published and where they can read my work. Until very recently, I had not been published,… Read more Writing as a Sadhana →