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Valley Jane

Welcome to Writing Fire, a kaleidoscope of slice of life micro-essays, zines, postcards, missives, and diary entries, I ride the dragons of divorce, addiction, and mental health off of the Cliffs of the Unknown.

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Reset

All of the false threads of my psychological well-being have been cut off with a cosmic scissors: snip snip snip.

Forever and Forever and a Day

Every time in my life I’ve wanted to become a new person, I’ve been forced to consider what it would be like if everything I thought I wanted rid of was actually gone.

Feeling all of my feelings.

My gift to the collective seems to be feeling all my fucking feelings, thus granting permission for other people to feel all their fucking feelings, too.

Dark Night of the Soul

....in the toilet bowl.

Turning 51

I shredded the map I had drawn for myself and in its place received a murky crystal ball that’s refused to show me more than one step ahead.

My New Name!

I loved having 6 names! Each one with its own beautiful story. But even the most beautiful stories change.

Invoking the Elements

Since spending as much time in nature as I can, I experience the elements in a new way— not as nouns, but as verbs, beings, spirits, friends, messengers, symbols, mythic, dynamic energies.

Full Moon Writing Activation: 6.29.26

You are invited to our free/donation based community workshop from 12-1 PM EST!

The Writing Fire Community Has a New Home — and You’re Invited In

Join me 6/26/26 from 12-1 pm EST on Zoom for a free writing fire ignition and explore membership in my new Skool community!

The Writing Fire Ignition Party is here.

Join me 6/26/26 at 12 pm EST for a free writing fire ignition and membership to my new Skool community!