PinnedA Number We Don’t Lose, But Never TextTo all the friends who come and go — We meet in a class, or a hallway, or a party, or through a friend of a friend. I don’t know, I don’t remember. On some indeterminate day, in some indeterminate way, you and I fall into step. Blue eyes, a serious look, and a shy smile. Suddenly, we are sitting together, studying together…Chance Encounters2 min readChance Encounters2 min read
PinnedIf you liked that post…You’ll probably like some of these — UPDATED AUGUST 2023 I got a few new followers over the last couple of months, (hi friends! Thank you for reading 😊) and I thought it’d be a good moment to reorganize some of my posts. I hope this article makes it easier to find stories similar to the ones…My Writing5 min readMy Writing5 min read
Published inRESONATES·1 day agoBumble Date With an Ex-BullyA short story — It felt like it was the whole class; even though writing this now, I can see that it was and it wasn’t. Back then, I could have excluded three: one was a girl who had lived abroad for the same five years I had, only she’d lived in Japan instead…Growing Up6 min readGrowing Up6 min read
Published inRESONATES·Nov 16You’ll never read it like I wrote itAnd that’s okay! — When I write characters with a quirk that echoes one of my own, when I write in first person or when I write characters that write, you think it’s me. It is and it isn’t. If you know me, you might guess the trigger, you might identify the anecdotes I’ve…Writer Thoughts3 min readWriter Thoughts3 min read
Published inModern Women·Sep 19I’m Not an Expat AnymoreI’m not an expat anymore, but I still feel like one sometimes — When I was a kid, my family and I moved to another country for my dad’s job. It was an amazing experience. I think, for the first year and a half, it felt like I was on a strange holiday. Everything was new, and whenever you got used to something…Migration3 min readMigration3 min read
Published inAge of Empathy·Sep 19The Weight of WordsSticks and stones and other sharp things we hurl through our phones — “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”, or so the saying goes. Old adages usually carry a bit of truth, or a lot of truth, or some modicum of it but I think this one is way off. Words are a lot more powerful…Words Matter4 min readWords Matter4 min read
Published inReading is a Novel Idea·Aug 29Answering 26 Bookish Questions From A to ZBookworm struggles to name just a few favorite books 🤓 — I saw these questions a while back on Reading is a Novel idea and thought it looked like a fun prompt, but I never got round to finishing it, until now… So here are my 26 Bookish questions and answers. Author You’ve Read the Most Books From — Not counting…Book Recommendations6 min readBook Recommendations6 min read
Published inBlue Insights·Aug 22This Silence is not QuietThere’s a silence in the middle of the night that is not silence at all — As I lie still, trying to bring my brain back from the disturbing dream, I listen to the loud silence. Other people’s dreams are boring, I heard it in a series just yesterday. I’ve heard it a million times, so I won’t tell you mine. I will tell you that…Midnight Musings3 min readMidnight Musings3 min read
Published inBlue Insights·Aug 17OMG am I cynical now?Have I lost my hopeless romanticism, where and why and should I want it back? — I, the forever embarrassed romantic, the spinner of love stories, the lover in love with love, have somehow slipped to the other side. Maybe. I stare at the hypothetical line between love and hate and it feels as thin as everyone says. I was a closet romantic: lots of love…Hopeless Romantic3 min readHopeless Romantic3 min read
Published inWriters’ Blokke·Aug 15I remind myself that this is the easy partRamblings of a novel-drafting writer — I remind myself that this is what I love because it is. I remind myself that this is actually the easy part because it is. I’m in the final stages of a first draft and there are days when it’s like getting on a cross-country flight, covering thousands of miles in the…Writing Process2 min readWriting Process2 min read
