The Space to Live Your Dream

My first artist residency.

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October 2025

The VC-ification of Everything

A horror story and thought experiment for this 2025 Halloween!

Oct 31 • 

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What It Costs To Write

The only reason I was able to write a novel is because I gave myself the time to try.

Oct 17 • 

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How Writing Saved Me From Myself

The loneliness of disordered eating and the paradox of modern womanhood.

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

The Political Silencing at the Emmys — And Everywhere Else

The overt silencing in media and the most important line of the Emmys.

Sep 19 • 

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What are you wondering about?

I'm trying something new and would love your thoughts and questions!

Sep 12 • 

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When My Coworker Drew Dicks, I Laughed

I Was Empowered, You See

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

Selling Out and Opting-Out

How cultural context shapes each generation's approach to middle age.

Aug 22 • 

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The Art of Being Completely Alone

Plus, another workshop this fall!

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

Things I Learned From Publishing My Novel

Five thoughts, five months out.

Jul 18 • 

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Is technology making dating worse or showing us who we are?

Men have long prioritized ease over connection, it's finally catching up to us.

Jul 9 • 

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June 2025

Dating women for the first time at 35

The terrors of pursuing intimacy over performance, and how we turn life into fiction.

Jun 27 • 

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