Hi, I am so happy you’re here!

For years, I dreamed of turning my love for the written word into something I could place in someone else’s hands. I imagined the day when complete strangers might stumble across something created by little old me… and feel something shift. A story that stays with them. A moment that makes them feel seen. Maybe even a line they highlight and come back to over and over again.

And now? It’s happening. Through deep breaths, shaky hands, and one or two mild breakdowns (the good kind, promise).

The truth is, I never thought I’d be here. Writing was always something I loved, something sacred even, but I didn’t believe I had enough time or enough talent or whatever imaginary checklist we think we need before we’re allowed to try.

Then one day, Carley Fortune told me and 600 of my closest besties (at Wild Geese Bookshop in Franklin, Indiana) that her goal for writing her debut novel was just 300 to 360 words a day. I forget the exact number — forgive me, Carley. Not a full chapter. Not a soul-crushing word count. Just a few hundred words. Every day.

And something in me unclenched.

That one small piece of honesty gave me permission to begin. To start messy. To start tired. To start while wiping peanut butter off the counter and pretending not to cry over chapter forty-five.

Since then, this journey has been wild.
I’ve written at midnight. I’ve written in the notes app while sitting on my back porch. I’ve wrestled with characters who refused to behave. I’ve ugly cried over fictional people that I, myself, created — and therefore, as the architect of each story, have curated my own personal pain chamber.

I’ve laughed out loud like a lunatic in public cafés.

And I wouldn’t trade any of it.

Until We’re Dust was born in the in-between moments. In the grief and the healing and the what-ifs.
It’s a love story, yes. But more than that, it’s proof that chasing something that scares you is always worth it.

Thank you for joining me on this journey. I’m absolutely elated to offer you this behind-the-scenes glimpse into the process, and I’m anxiously awaiting your reactions to a story that has truly become a part of me.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
Until We’re Dust is the depths of my soul, put on paper.