The Journeys That Define Us
If you've never written a book or don't consider yourself to be a writer, it's impossible to convey fully the near compulsion that engulfs you when you write. Writing isn't about my telling a story I came up with, but about putting onto paper one that demands to be told, and gosh, do they get demanding sometimes. Working on two graduate degrees, work, four small children, and the realities of life, I stopped writing for a long while. Or rather, my writing shifted from fiction to academic papers, toddler stories, meeting summaries, and all the things you need to do to keep life going. While these things matter, they suck the creativity and desire for pleasure in writing, right out of your soul. Then, in the fall of 2024, a few different things happened. 1) I started reading again, specifically a lot of fantasy (thank you, Kindle Unlimited!!), and it got the wheels turning. Loose ideas began to float through my mind, but no concrete shapes yet. 2) I had a very diffi...
