About

This blog exists primarily as a place for me to post my thoughts, videos, and fiction writing.

I also like to periodically post about my adventures in spinning, weaving, crochet, knitting, and sewing. I am very much a “multi-creative” sort, and handicrafts help get my brain juices flowing with ideas for writing. As a vitalist, I strongly believe in the mind-body connection, so I use crafting to think more clearly.

I began writing when I was 10 years old (Redwall fanfiction, lawl), and completed a few (crappy) novellas by the time I graduated from high school — but let’s be honest, everyone says that.

So, what sets me apart?

I went to college long enough to get an associates degree in general studies, then dropped out. Absolutely everyone I knew (and complete strangers) FREAKED OUT — I lost friends over it. But, I was thoroughly miserable in following the Standard Life Plan, and I needed to be free.

Aaaand so far I can’t tell you how that’s been turning out for me. Do I regret it? Not really. Has it been hard? Most definitely. But despite the traumas that I’ve picked up along the way, I have such a wealth of experience behind me now, and I’ve been places that I never imagined in a million years that I would go. There’s a depth to my writing that I didn’t have 15 years ago when I started down this path, and I’ve learned a lot of lessons that I can pass on to others. I’ve even learned that there’s value in simply maintaining my own survival.

IRL, I’m a mom with six kids, figuring out how to get by without compromising my core values. I’m probably in for more hardships in the future, but if there’s one thing that I’ve learned above all others, it’s how to get out of bed to keep going through each day as it comes.