Today feels like a hinge moment—a turning, not away from creativity, but toward a more sustainable way of holding it.
Happy IWSG Day to those who celebrate the fun encouragement of the Insecure Writer's Support Group with monthly blog hops! Thank you for all you do!
Podcast Update
I’m shifting my podcast schedule to one episode per week. After experimenting with a higher release pace, I’m recognizing that caregiving responsibilities and family health needs are asking me to slow down and focus more intentionally.
For the next season, the podcast will center on:
the Dark Blade Trilogy
updates on the upcoming Kickstarter
and readings from Dark Blade Forged
I’m also pausing author interviews for a bit, with plans to return to them later in the spring.
Celebrating To Speak
My poetry collection, To Speak, released yesterday in ebook format. While print editions are still ahead, I’m deeply grateful to finally share this book.
Poetry has been my companion across decades—shaping my faith, my imagination, and my understanding of voice. Releasing this collection feels like honoring that long, quiet conversation.
Insecure Writers Support Group Reflection
Today is also an Insecure Writers Support Group blog hop day. One of this month’s questions asks:
Have you ever reread work you wrote years ago—and what was that experience like?
Yes. I’ve reread childhood stories, early poems, and work from my young adult years. One poem in To Speak began when I was nineteen. I rediscovered it at fifty-three while reading old journals—and I loved it enough to revise and finish it.
Returning to old work can be a strength. It shows us how far we’ve come, and how certain truths and themes continue to shape us. Our earlier words are not failures—they’re foundations.
Today’s Interview
This week’s podcast episode also features a conversation with Stephanie, whose work and perspective I truly appreciate. I’m thankful for her willingness to share honestly about the creative life. Find out more about her through her successful Kickstarter Page HERE, Patreon Here, or Facebook HERE.
Thank you for being here—for reading, listening, and walking alongside me in this season.
Find To Speak through various online stores HERE.
Find out more about IWSG HERE.
13 comments:
Your statement about foundations makes me wonder if maybe I go back and reread my ancient stuff too often and I get stuck in my old ways of thinking. It's just a thought...
I agree with you about old work. Sometimes there is something there to work with!
You are absolutely right! When I read my old stuff, I ignore the run-ons and grammar glitches and look at the story.
Congrats on your poetry release! It's great when you find something to work with when you reread earlier writings. How cool that you saved yours.
This is lovely - "Releasing this collection feels like honoring that long, quiet conversation." Wishing you all the best with it!
Foundations not failures - well said! And congratulations on the release of the new book.
Congratulations! I just ordered your book. It's wonderful that you were able to revise your poem from 19. I mainly wrote poetry when I was in my teens and early 20s, but I didn't keep much of it. Sometimes I wish I had, because it'd be interesting to look back on. Happy ISWG!
Congrats on your book release! The fact you were able to complete a work that is much earlier is impressive, it shows a consistent arc of your work over the years.
Congrats on the release of To Speak!
I like what you wrote about returning to earlier work showing how far you've come. That is a good reason to re-read your writing. Congrats on your your newest release!
Foundations-- I like that view! Great answer.
Happy IWSG day! I'm co-hosting this month.
"A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third." — Tyler DeVries
J (he/him 👨🏽 or 🧑🏽 they/them) @JLenniDorner ~ Speculative Fiction & Reference Author and Co-host of the April Blogging #AtoZChallenge international blog hop
Congrats on the book release! I fell of visiting a lot of blogs so I missed a lot of news, including this.
I lived through the caretaking season and, to my surprise, they built a treasure of memories from the conversations we had traveling to and from and waiting at doctor's offices. At the time, I felt like I was spinning my wheels and not getting "things" done. But I was wrong. I now realize all of that life experience is now fodder for stories.
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