I’m hormonal right now, and maybe that’s why I had pie for breakfast because sometimes sugar and vulnerability go hand in hand. I feel it deep in my bones the PMS, the ache, the heightened sensitivity that makes me doubt everything I put on the page. As I write, I hear them the publishers, the agen

Love cleansing in the home and getting rid of things is an act of care rather than loss. The gentle process of releasing objects, habits, and energies that no longer serve who we are becoming, making space for peace, clarity, and intention.

I’m outlining my next novel, and today everything is flowing, the characters, the stakes, the quiet logic of the story all clicking into place in that rare, beautiful way. I want to remember this ease and clarity on the days when the words resist me, when the story feels just out of reach, and trus

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I took the Christmas tree out and didn’t look back, it had done what it came to do. The room felt different right away, not empty, just clearer. I brought in a money tree and set it where the old one stood, something living that doesn’t rely on a season to make sense. The new came in quietly, not a

I’m so happy I got to read it in its original language Swedish. Details by Ia Genberg is a reflective novel about memory, relationships, and how brief encounters can leave lasting impressions. Framed around a woman who falls ill with a fever, the story moves through recollections of four people fro

Today felt sad in a way I didn’t expect. My birthday wasn’t bitter or sweet, but something entirely different, quiet, tender, and deeply vulnerable. I moved through the day feeling emotionally open, as if my soul was shedding layers it no longer needed, until I finally cried after dinner, releasing

Soaking in the last bit of sunshine before Los Angeles slips into a wave of rain. Christmas with family was intense. This time of year has a way of stirring up so many things you don’t expect. It’s funny how family, no matter how much you grow or evolve, will often try to pull you back into the per

Evening editing sessions have become my calm, less noise, fewer expectations, just me and the pages. It helps, but it also makes the anxiety louder as the novel starts to feel real and close to done. Some nights I’m convinced this is the best thing I’ve ever written, other nights it feels like tota

My next read. I’ve been wanting to read this novel of hers because unlike Pride & Prejudice or Emma, it doesn’t focus on social comedy or romance, but digs into ethics and responsibility. It isn’t witty but has a strong inner moral compass. I love characters who represent integrity over popular

Every single bulb I could find went on that tree 🎄