I’m a Word Witch, through and through. Author, developmental editor, writing mentor, screenwriter, and the creator of Writing Through the Body™ — a method that couples the foundational elements of fiction with the seven main chakras of the body — because fully inhabiting a character’s heart, mind, and soul is how we make it possible for them to become real on the page.

My debut novel, Miranda’s Garden, is out in the world now, published under my own imprint, Dark Moon Lilith Press. It’s been a long time coming, and I’m proud of every strange, unexpected, and difficult mile of it.

I’m a retired adjunct professor of writing, with degrees in Fiction Writing, English/Film Studies, Women’s Studies, and Digital Arts. My most meaningful classroom experience was the three years I spent teaching fiction writing and screenwriting to Adults in Custody.

When I’m not writing, reading, or binge watching, with Iris — my lovely and complicated feline familiar — by my side, you might find me hiking or snowshoeing the Oregon backcountry, dancing out and about or in my kitchen, or seeking solace at some far-flung mountain location.

Your story and your voice belong in the world. No matter how strange or taboo they may seem.

Writing is messy. It asks hard things of us. It brings to the surface what we’d rather leave alone. It can move slowly and then all at once. It can move us and surprise us — shock us, even. That’s why I call it “rough magic.” It transforms, but not always gently, and rarely on a schedule.

Stories heal both the writer and the reader. When we commit to telling the truth on the page — even in fiction, maybe especially in fiction — we lighten parts of ourselves, and the products of our creative labor offer that lightness to others. It’s alchemical. I’ve seen it happen too many times to call it anything else.

Books change us. They help us make change.

Stories can heal the world, so let’s do it together.

I’ve been inside the rough magic of writing long enough to know what it looks like from every angle — the resistance, the breakthroughs, the chapters that won’t come, the ones that arrive uninvited. I’ve written through it myself, and I’ve sat beside other writers doing the same for years.

What I offer is not a formula. It’s a relationship… with your work, with your voice, and with the deeper current that’s already moving through you, words looking for a place on the page.

Whether you’re at the beginning of a project or lost somewhere in the middle, whether you need a developmental editor who can see the shape of what you’re building or a mentor who can help you stay in the room with your own story. I work at the intersection of craft and transformation. That’s where the real writing happens.

Miranda and I had an agreement when I was writing her story: I would tell it with honesty and integrity, and she would show me what I needed to see. That’s the same agreement I bring to every writer I work with.