I wrote a book. It only took twenty years and a new computer.
When I graduated college, my mom bought me a computer. The reason was simple and completely on-brand for her: she wanted me to write a book.
I didn't write a book.
I got a job. Then another job. I became a podcast producer and editor, a spiritual coach, a Reiki practitioner, a tarot reader, a Girl Scout troop leader, a person with two cats named Calcifer and Howl. I built a whole life. A good one.
But that computer — and the book that was supposed to be on it — never fully left me.
Twenty years later, on a newer computer, I finally wrote it.
My debut romance novel is coming soon. It's about a woman who loses everything she thought defined her and finds something better in a small town, a coffee shop, and a man who thinks she's a masterpiece when she feels like a wreck. I don't know where Ivy ends, and I begin on some of those pages. I'm okay with that.
The Rest of the Story
Find me here:
I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where I’m a wife, homeschool mom, and podcast editor. I'm also the author of Let Her Return, a nonfiction book for women ready to stop trying to fix themselves and start returning to who they already are.
I'm a spiritual coach, a Reiki-trained practitioner, and a tarot and oracle reader. I write a newsletter called The Voicekeeper for women doing the work of remembering themselves.
And I co-host Bookish Ambitions, a podcast about books, book-to-screen adaptations, and the fandoms that wreck you beautifully — with my cousin Catherine, who has been my favorite reading companion since we were kids.
I am, in short, a lot of things. But right now, I'm most excited to be a romance novelist.
Pull up a chair. I've got stories to tell.