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You Can’t Live in the Dark All the Time (Even If You Love It There).
I think we’re often told—directly or indirectly—that we need to “pick a lane.” That if we write dark stories, that’s who we are. If we write light stories, that’s our brand. Stay consistent. Stay focused. Stay in your box.
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Why Some Stories Don’t Just Entertain You – They Consume You.
They go places that feel a little uncomfortable. They let characters make choices you don’t agree with. They sit in moments a little longer than expected… just enough for you to feel something you weren’t prepared for.
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I Stepped Away…And I’m Coming Back Different.
When you spend so much time writing the darker edges of humanity—grief, violence, survival—it starts to sit with you, even when you love it. Even when it’s the work you feel called to create.
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Building a Sustainable Writing Life.
I remember lugging milk cartons of my books on a little trolley in ninety-degree weather, fighting bees for my Pepsi, and trying to look outgoing.
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Detaching Worth from Outcome.
Even when you enjoy the work, part of your nervous system is still scanning for a response. That makes the work emotionally charged.
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Trusting the Work Again
Sometimes it’s just the space between drafting and editing. Between polishing and publishing. Between finishing the words and choosing the cover art. That alone is enough to trigger second-guessing for me.
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Writing Without Witnesses
In the middle of all this is the uneasiness that I try my best to push back into the basement of my psyche and bury it like a troublesome husband.
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When Writing Goes Quiet (And Why That Isn’t the End)
The truth is, writing doesn’t live in isolation. It absorbs the life around it. The grief. The boredom. The bread baking at midnight because your hands need something to do. None of it is wasted.
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The Long Middle (Where Most Writers Quit)
Writing is never easy. Every book raises new questions and problems to solve. Each time I start a new book, it feels like I’ve forgotten how I finished the last one. I call it creative amnesia—annoying little bugger, and it appears every single time.
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My close encounter with traditional publishing…and how I got away.
I was devastated. Something that began with so much excitement and possibility ended with small text, big disappointment, and my signature on contracts that meant I couldn’t even reclaim what I’d created.
