Taurus season is here and this is where softness becomes power. Taurus seasons arrive like a deep exhale. It’s the moment your shoulders drop, your jaw unclenches, and your body remembers what pleasures feel like. After the chaotic spark of Aries, Taurus is the cosmic permission slip to slow down, savor, and build something beautiful…
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Killer Heels Saturdays — Chapter Five: Character Development “Building a Cast With Bite, Boundaries, and Big Main Character Energy”
There comes a moment in every book draft where your characters are no longer just names in a Google Doc and you begin to realize they’re roommates in your brain. They have opinions. They have emotional allergies. They have better boundaries than you on a Tuesday afternoon. And suddenly, you’re not just writing a story….
Color Crush Series: Charcoal
Charcoal is the color of containment. A color of clarity and says, “I’m here to protect my peace.” In a world that often demands sparkle and speed, charcoal is the visual pause. It’s the shade that says, “I’m not available for the chaos, but I am available for the truth.” Charcoal is the scaffolding behind…
Killer Heels Saturdays — Chapter Four: Plotting in Lipstick — Building a Story That Slays
There comes a moment in every writer’s life when you look at your cute little premise, your shiny protagonist, your Pinterest board full of vibes, and you whisper, “Okay… but what actually happens?” Welcome to Plotting in Lipstick, the chapter where I finally admit that a book is not, in fact, a 300‑page mood board….
Things I Wish People Knew About Lupus (Without Me Giving a TED Talk)
Living with lupus is like having a moody roommate who never pays rent, touches all your stuff, and occasionally sets off the fire alarm for no reason. I don’t want to give a TED Talk about it mostly because I don’t have the blazer, the headset mic, or the emotional bandwidth but there are a…
CREATIVE CHAOS APRIL NEWSLETTER
Welcome to April. The month that can’t decide their mind on what the weather should be and strutted in wearing a pastel trench coat and a bad attitude, and honestly, I respect her for it. This month is serving arts festivals, juicy book drops, and social media chaos so specific it feels personal. Here’s to…
Color Crush Series: Tyrian Purple
The original luxury pigment. It’s born from sea snails, worn by emperors, and still casting a spell. Tyrian Purple wasn’t just discovered, it was extracted, painstakingly, from the mucus of Murex Sea snails by the Phoenicians around 1500 BCE. The city of Tyre, which is modern day Lebanon. It became the epicenter of this dye’s production,…
Tiny Joys For Grounding In The Chaos This Week
This week has been… a lot. The kind of week where my brain feels like 47 tabs are open, two are frozen, and one is playing music I can’t find. But even inside the chaos, I kept stumbling into these tiny, glittery moments that reminded me I’m still here, still me, still capable of softness….
Color Crush: Tidal Teal — The Moment Everything Becomes Clear
There are colors you wear, colors you use, and then there are colors that feel like they rinse your whole spirit clean. The latter is Tidal Teal. It’s a hue that doesn’t just sit on the surface but moves through you like a wave pulling back, revealing what’s been there all along. This is a…
Behind The Heels
Killer Heels “Stiletto” If you’ve been around for about 5 minutes you know I love a good reveal. A good rot day in bed. A good lemonade refresher from Starbucks and an oversized cable knit sweater. So welcome to my world of chaos and a sort of behind the curtain of writing my first book. I…
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