Writing can be a soul sucking job. I’ve had people tell me “why don’t you quit” and the thing is, you don’t just stop writing. If you don’t —
Journal
Archive · 2015 — 2024
Journal
Nine years of writing about writing, caregiving, solitude, and the odd Neil Gaiman quote taped above a desk. Kept here on purpose.
Where the writing lives now
I'm not writing here anymore. You deserve to know where I went.
You'll find me on Substack, writing as Chicken Fried Mascara. I show up once a week, sometimes twice, with pieces that take their time — the messy, tender, real stuff, because I want people to read something and think, oh, that's me too.
No one should feel as alone as we sometimes do.
Writing — The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Everyday I wake up wanting to get the words out of my head on to paper for the world to read. That’s what writer’s do. Unfortunately, fear blocks —