There are moments in writing when the words come too easily. Not because the scene is simple, but because something within you has already lived it. The character moves, speaks, grieves, rejoices, and somehow your hands know what to do. You’re not inventing. You’re revealing. It’s as if your mind had already gone ahead, scouted the emotional terrain, and laid out the bones before you even arrived. I don’t talk much about this unseen intuition,…
Posts published in July 2025
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much realism belongs in fiction. As writers, we pull from life constantly, whether we mean to or not. But sometimes life hands us experiences that make us pause and ask, how much of this actually belongs on the page? Over the last few months, I’ve dealt with some unexpected health challenges. Without turning this into a full medical rundown, let’s just say my body reminded me that…