New Beginnings.

New Year. New Name. New Career.

Almost three years ago I started a bookstagram. I had always loved reading, and was in need of a creative outlet. When I started bookstagram, I was also doing copy editing and content writing for my career. The combination of events unlocked parts of my brain that had been hiding through the foggy beginning stages of motherhood. It unlocked my love for writing.

So, almost two years ago I started writing Coffee People, a Rom Com about a small town coffee shop owner who falls for her arch enemy on a blind date.

A week after I started writing Coffee People I started writing Rise of Night, a fantasy novel about a young girl who has lived her whole life in a realm of day, when suddenly she is summoned to the mysterious Night Realm.

Since then I’ve wrote in a notebook about 7 more fully-formed book ideas. I’ve written the first paragraphs of some, others are just doodles about the plots and premises.

I realized I really wanted to be an author, but I was full of fear, self-doubt, and quite honestly self-loathing. So I tabled it, and kept working on my day-job. I kept reading, and stuck with what I “should” be doing.

In 2024 though, I changed. There were so many ups and downs through the year. I started 2024 in a pile of grief, and by mid-2024 I felt like I was having an identity crisis.

I was a person covered under years of putting everyone else first. I was a person who lacked any kind of confidence. I was a person who had lost herself and made a mess of many things.

Don’t get me wrong, I had a beautiful family, and my life could’ve been so much worse. I know that, trust me, but my life just felt WRONG. I felt like I still didn’t know what I was doing with my life, and I lost a couple people who meant so much to me. My life felt wrong without them. Then there was family drama, and I had spiraled into this weird mental space and that I didn’t know how to climb out.

Until one day, I wrote again, and the words started tumbling out. Soon a character found his footing, and a character found himself again. A character realized he doesn’t need to be “better”, he can just be himself.

Another character found confidence.

Another found joy in the little things.

Another found herself and who she really is, while in a foreign world.

Are these characters me? No, not at all, but while writing them, I found myself again. I found confidence, joy, and happiness. I found out I’m a person who can stand up for myself, and seize what I want.

So by October of 2024, I felt like a small piece of myself again. Between writing, finding a very supportive group of friends, and a whole lot of love from my family - I rediscovered what I want and who I am.

So in December I quit my job.

Now here I am, starting 2025, and seizing it. I changed my name, I built a website. I had covers made, and hired an editor.

I’ve got BETA readers ready to go. (I see you book besties)

I quit my job to write books, will I regret that later? Maybe! Maybe I’ll fail. But I would regret not trying more. Not giving myself the opportunity to see if I can make a career out of something I love.

The fun part is, we will find out together! You’ll be part of the journey, I’m going publicly succeed or fail. Either way it’ll be great- because I gave it my all. If you’re here, I’m so happy you’re along for the journey. <3