Keyword: Whimsy

Time flies

Boy oh boy, what a year I’ve had.

You know that your girl loves to reflect on the past and its influence on the present moment, so let’s do just that!

I think back on my summer specifically, and on how angry I was … and honestly, I’m very grateful that I allowed myself to really feel that anger. I needed to be angry at the world for a while; it’s as if I knew it was just gunk that needed to get exorcised before the real work needed to happen.

2025 was, to put it lightly, life-changing. I’m again SO grateful, I had the courage to stare straight into the darkness and dissect my fears. Did it suck? Yeah, of course it did. Real work never feels good in the moment. But I’ve faced my shit far too many times in my life not to know that if you just suck it up and let yourself feel bad and raw and hurt for a while, you get rewarded with a healed version of yourself that was worth all the bullshit.

And tada!

I’m finally out of the ugly and uncomfortable cocoon phase, and I now feel like a cutie little patootie butterfly.

It’s funny cause nothing big happened externally, and honestly, if I were to put the facts on paper, I’d see a lot of failures this year. Especially, especially, in my career. I had to go back to bartending after a 7-year hiatus, for god's sake! The ego hit I took was gut-wrenching, and it took me quite a while to even admit publicly that I wasn’t a full-time author anymore. (I have thoughts about that declaration of me not being full-time anymore, but that will be for another time.)

Gosh, this newsletter could go on and on, but let me try to focus on the most important part and less on how I got here. So here are a few announcements!

The podcast launch is finally in full swing( coming out in 2026)! You might have noticed the rebrand already, but I hope to transform this newsletter into far more than just book marketing (which I decided to pretty much stop altogether lmao). I realized this year that I was desperate to un-niche myself on social media. I am so much more than just an author, and in this specific phase of my life, all my other parts are screaming to be heard.

Which leads me to my second announcement!

I am also launching a snail mail club in 2026! What’s a snail mail club? Well, think of it like a one-way pen pal situation where you would receive a letter from me every month, along with an exclusive poem written by yours truly (and a sticker!).

I know not everyone will be inspired to follow me on my new creative ventures (and that’s okay!), but for those who want to see more of me (all of me), I’ve created a new Instagram account (and TikTok) for all things podcast, snail mail club, and everything in between! (You see what I did there?)

You can follow me on Instagram here (same handle for TikTok, I’m too lazy to add it here lol, sue me).

So that’s it for now. I’m very excited and can’t wait to share all my new projects with you all!! I hope to see you on the other side with me. Much love. xox