Author:

I’ve been writing stories since I was 6.

I completed my first publishable book at 24 years old––but one of the most controversial decisions I made was to put it on hold.

Let me explain:

One creative illness I have is that I find it difficult to stop writing about current events in order to edit past work. Every day, I write thousands of new words & I rarely sit down to finalize them for publishing.

Part of it is that I feared being boxed in by a single genre. I wanted the freedom to authentically move where the creativity took me.

Another part of it was that I never stopped living long enough to devote time and energy to previous years of work.

For example:

My book at 24 years old was first drafted in 2013. I then spent two years editing it. During those 2 years, I wrote no new work––only editing the book.

In consequence, I have only one year of work representing 3 years of my life.

I never wanted to do that again. From then on, each year of my life had its own book.

And since life was consistently full, I didn’t have enough time to stop reflecting on the current moment and devote myself to editing the past moments.

We’re working to change that by creating this website.

It’s time to take those millions of words I collected to represent each year of my life, and finalize them for public view. Even if they take the form of aphorisms or fragmented dialogue.