The New Stuff

I have been on a journey the last four years of rediscovering my voice as a writer. Writing has always been, and I hope will always be, an outlet that makes me feel like myself but since experiencing some personal growth and exploration my previous writing style and voice often feels stale to me now making it difficult for me to write how often I used to.

I have slowly been on this journey hoping for that to change and to feel more solidified in my voice. But it’s taking courage to “just start” and write even if it doesn’t feel that good anymore because to change up your style after writing for so many years the same is difficult. However, challenges are good and we learn and grow from them.

I am segmenting my writing into “the old stuff” and “the new stuff” even though technically I have written a couple posts toying with a new style under the old umbrella. It is important to not reject previous versions of ourselves and that is why I am keeping all of my previous writing available. It’s a reminder to me to not reject the versions of myself that got me here today and to not devalue any of my previous work that I was brave enough to put out into the world. However, I hope that if you are exploring previous writings that you would also remember that our products of art are a snapshot of who we are in a point in time. Maybe pieces of that I have carried with me and maybe pieces of that I have shed away.

Part of this new journey for me is also building my email list to proactively work on aspects of publishing a book. All of my “new” work will be published on my substack and I would be so grateful if you subscribe. Email lists are a vital part of what publishers and book agents look at when looking at proposals.