My debut poetry collection is available for pre-order NOW under a NEW NAME and will officially launch in January!

If you lose a few followers on the way, so be it. What are you writing for?

Stare for longer, listen closely, re-read or re-watch. This might not have been made for you, or maybe it was, but it is yours now.

Do we know when we're at a threshold? Or do we just act in the moment and only understand how pivotal these decisions truly were in hindsight?

We're screaming more often, and louder.

Writing this book is a feat I'm immensely proud of. I love the story, how it's evolved, all the feedback I've received and the bits I've untangled and reworked to fit them more neatly into the wider narrative. But if I could do it all once, I'll certainly do it again.

Did I just create an eternal playground for me to constantly improve my writing so I could apply it to other pieces? Is this my fucking metatextual immersive theater from Synecdoche, New York?

Hinksey Park, October 2024 In the past two months, too much happened. I got engaged, which coincided with both my birthday party and...

I'm always skeptical of when a literary agency, journal or competition has a rapid turnaround. On one hand, it's great to have a clear...

Recap: I've been rejected from two prose competitions and one poetry journal. I've submitted my work to many, many more to outpace these...

I don't know what I've gotten myself into. A year ago, I launched a Substack on the foolhardy belief I was ready to write a massive work...

Since my last post, I have received one agent rejection and one (or three?) competition rejection(s). Indomitable, I continue to write...

I've done it. Maybe. I've used my memory to enhance, rather than overwhelm, my writing. And people responded well to it.

I (finally) want to announce some little successes. I've tried not to be too negative here, but obviously when discussing rejection...

It's a glass of strong tea with a slice of lemon—more sweet than bitter, easy to drink, but always bites you at the end. I'm not talking...

I'm nothing if not a planner.