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Essays on craft, creativity, and what it actually takes to keep a writing life alive alongside everything else.

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I haven't touched my novel in three weeks and I'm fine. Mostly.

On the guilt of not writing

Do you write like you're on fire?

Sunday thoughts

I'm Happiest When I'm Drafting

Writing without pressure

Almost Number Seven - Part Two

Part two is now yours <3

Almost Number Seven - Part One

A fictional short story to start off 2026

I Think My Dreams are Changing

Inspired by my morning journaling sesh

Slow Living is the Antidote to Efficiency

On fall, creativity, and the value of slowing down

To Plot or Not to Plot?

Lessons from Stephen King

I'm Still Writing

Idk what this is I just needed to write ok

Deep Cuts

A book review

There's a Poem in My Throat

On good music, writing, and yearning

Every Tiny Death

Fostering cats & feeling things deeply

How to Flex the Writing Muscles

Just do it... literally just do it

A Revision Mindset

Third draft's the charm?

2025, My Year of Daily Delights

My New Year's resolutions, written on 1/12.

One Week Ago

A fictional short story, I hope you enjoy!

Modern dating: follow-up thoughts this holiday season

Additional musings :)

We should be so lucky

An excerpt from my journal, 11/18

Wtf is all the hype about efficiency?

Sometimes you just can't, you know?

On Wednesdays, we write poetry

The idea of laughter lines and the third installment of my poetry series