Writing Life
The Monsters We Carry
A little girl hiding in a closet, the woman she became, and the day she finally opened the door.
3 min read
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Writing Life
Short stories, drafts, and the long road to publishing.
Writing Life
In the Dark
Five lines about the kind of love the world doesn’t get to see.
1 min read
Writing Life
I’ve Read This One
A sonnet about a story you recognize by the second chapter.
1 min read
Writing Life
Little Bird
Six years of silence, one Thanksgiving, and thirty minutes in a Jeep with the brother she hasn’t forgiven.
9 min read
Writing Life
Orange Cheese and Purple Grapes
A snack for a toddler, a memory of jelly shoes, and a six-year-old looking for a new mother.
2 min read
Writing Life
Someone to Stay
The love I imagine, the love I grew up with, and the little girl still waiting in between.
1 min read
Writing Life
Small Lives
The Library After Dark
Deep blue wallpaper, never-ending shelves, and one reader who knows exactly which row she's looking for.
2 min read
Writing Life
Small Lives
The Only Moon
Something frantic moves in the dark, and the hunter in the burrow wakes up hungry.
2 min read
Writing Life
When I Wake
A short poem about the light someone brings, and the morning that comes after.
1 min read