On Voice, Control, and Letting the Story Speak First I’ve been asked why my drafts look the way they do. Pages of dialogue with almost nothing else—no blocking, minimal description, sometimes not even clear attribution. To another writer, they’d look unfinished and broken. This is how I begin: with voices in a mostly empty space. Everything else comes later—if I’m lucky, if the voices hold. But I can’t write description, can’t build a scene, can’t trust the plot until I he

In 2021, I met a group of writers who would change the way I engage with storytelling. We started as critique partners—swapping chapters, sharing notes, talking through plot holes and character motivations. Over time, our work relationship deepened, and now they're my best friends. What began as casual feedback slowly turned into full-on developmental reads, copy edits, line edits, proofreading, and even formatting help. Authors really do it all. And I’ve loved every par

There’s something magical about finding a romance trope that makes your heart race, your emotions churn. Keeps you flipping the pages late into the night. And let’s be honest, we all have our favorite tropes that we’ll defend to the death. Whether it’s the slow-burn that leaves you screaming at your Kindle or the kind of forced proximity that should qualify as emotional torture. Tropes are the lifeblood of romance. As a reader and an author, I’ve fallen head over heels for th