about writing

In a turn of events, I moved away from academic writing and I started exploring creative writing. I never thought that writing would play such a role in my life, but here I am. For the past month, I have been meeting with a group of women writers where we share our goals, trials, and tribulations around the effort. It has been a life-changing experience. Through prompts and writing exercises, I have been able to exorcise some ghosts that were putting me down in my head. Once again, I’m faced with the fact that art heals.

Art is powerful. We make because we have to make. What do you want to make? What do you want to express?
We cannot control life but we can control what we do. Making room for writing in a non-academic way has given me much more than I could anticipate. I hope to continue building my stories and sharing them here with you.

So far, you can find my first short story (which is still under revision and will be updated) on my Cyanotype page. You can print it and make your own zine of the story! I hope to continue to populate that page with more stories and more zines.

Please let me know your thoughts and I hope that you make some time for art in your life too. You never know what’s going to happen.