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Writing Life

Short stories, drafts, and the long road to publishing.

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

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