These characters are almost always set at odds with each other—and yet it is that conflict that gives way to some of the most interesting character choices, emotional beats, and plot-rattling moments we have the privilege to read or see.
Read MoreWelcome to week 3 of the Soulgazer Summer Readalong, as we wrap up the themes of power, choice, and autonomy, healing from trauma, and more.
Read MoreI was born with a tainted soul.
That is the knowledge I held close to my chest as I grew up: that I was an inherently wicked creature. A wretch. An irredeemable sinner from the moment I drew my first breath. Of course, there was one way out lain down before me…
Read MoreWelcome to week 2 of the Soulgazer Summer Readalong in which we pretend I’m posting this Monday as we tackle themes of purity culture, relationships with pleasure and autonomy, self-definition, and more.
Read MoreExploring the archetype of the “soft girl.” Their victories are often hard-won and wildly emotional—these girls who feel too much, but are allowed to exist tenderly and be adored for it rather than suppressed.
Read MoreA look behind the scenes of Soulgazer, my first published novel. We go through old journals, tackle themes and “whys”, share thoughts on world-building, and chapters 1-17.
Read MoreIf you scroll back through my Instagram, you’ll see it—or rather, you won’t, because I archived the absolute shit out of my feed once I could breathe again, unable to stand the emptiness and uncertainty looking out from my own eyes—but somewhere between dreaming and doing, I lost my magic.
My wild woman.
Read MoreSoulgazer is the work of four years of craft and two years of dreaming–and now it’s published! My Adult Romantasy, Celtic Pirate fever dream is out in the world!
Read MoreI am a lifelong devotee of slow burn romance. More than anything, I wanted them to be achingly, ferociously in love. To yearn for each other, knowing that might be all there is.
And that is why I love slow burn.
Read MoreIn 2020, I started a challenge on Instagram called #5BooksThatMadeMe — see the stack above—in which the brief was to pick five books that had the greatest impact on you as a writer.
But my list has changed somewhat, since that first gauntlet was thrown.
Read MoreI’ve long believed my purpose as a storyteller was to scatter wild seeds and hope someday, they’d bloom.
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