Reclaiming My Life

Reclaiming My Life

In a few weeks, it’ll be the marking of five years since being hurt on that horrible day. September 7, 2019 —> September 7, 2024. So much has happened in those five years. A whole book’s worth!  I remember lying in hospital beds and swearing to myself that I...
hope and survivor’s guilt

hope and survivor’s guilt

Having hope after any traumatic experience is challenging, especially when the road ahead feels endless. You just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other, even if you don’t know where the road will lead. It’s nearly impossible to stay hopeful amidst...
self-publishing also means self-promoting

self-publishing also means self-promoting

I chose the self-publication route when deciding how I would share my story with the world. Self-publishing was much faster and would give me results sooner than if I’d gone through traditional publishing channels. In a stroke of good luck, my uncle put me in contact...
my process

my process

it didn’t matter what time of day it was. at least 80% of the best of the worst was written with an iced coffee between my keyboard and me. iced coffee with oat milk, maple syrup, and a sprinkle of cinnamon. sometimes, while I was falling asleep, an idea would...
a review from humboldt

a review from humboldt

One of my professors at Humboldt, Professor Janet Winston, wrote this review about my book! I am including it here in its entirety: “We are other, no longer what we were before the calamity of yesterday.” This epigraph, from Samuel Beckett’s Proust (1931), opens...