Misc

  • I have a complicated relationship with tech, mostly because I’ve lived through enough technological changes to know that “new” doesn’t automatically mean “bad.” I’ve watched digital art go from something people questioned to something completely standard. I’ve also watched the publishing industry change from a gate-kept industry built around traditionally accepted standards, where independent publishing…

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  • Today a very revealing Dear Indie went up this morning. When I opened myself up to questions for Dear Indie, I opened my arms to more than just writing advice. I welcomed curiosity about myself too. The work, the writer, and everything that happens—or has happened—in between. Quote from the article: “What my mother struggled…

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  • I’ve spent the last two days outlining how I’m going to approach publishing this fall. Rather than treating everything I write as a single body of work, I’m organizing it into ecosystems built around the books I’ve published, the books I’m preparing to publish, and the books I plan to write in the future. Each…

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  • If you’ve noticed things changing around here lately, you’re not imagining it. As I’ve continued building my writing portfolio and paying attention to where my time and energy are actually going, I realized I wasn’t using this website the way I used to anymore. The longer I worked, the clearer it became that I was…

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  • Streamlining the Pages

    If you’ve been around my work for a while—website, Substack, or the scattered corners of social media—you’ve probably noticed I tend to build a lot of rooms. Books become essays, essays become poetry, and poetry becomes projects that grow faster than their original labels. Over time, those rooms start stacking into something less like a…

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