Hello, friends!

Well, for September my publisher wanted me to start sharing some excerpts from my upcoming poetry collection fairy tale love. He made some cute graphics, and since today is September first it is time to start.

Poem on a podcast

A few years ago my poem "actions have consequences" was a part of a podcast on my favorite Disney villain Maleficent. You can listen to the podcast here.

Sailor Moon, Nostalgia, Feels

Listening to soundtracks from Sailor Moon and getting into my feels tonight:Sailor Moon soundtrack. Just made me think of one of my old, dear friends. One I used to have a sisterhood with. She was my Sailor Mercury and I was her Sailor Mars.

She's the one that inspired my book not your piñata. It truly felt like a friendship break-up at the time. I don't know. Maybe we can mend things between us yet. I'm just in an aching, nostalgic place right now. I hate when people choose to leave but you can't make them stay just like you can't make them love you or care.

It's hard to leave behind living ghosts. Sometimes you're given no choice. But who knows what tomorrow brings? I have to hope for better days for me, for the universe, for everyone.

kinder tides

I can't believe how quickly time flies anymore. It feels so surreal.

My poem kinder tides came out on Friday. One of my poet friends really loves it, and that makes my heart happy. It's always good to know that you're appreciated. I always try to give people their flowers. I feel like people deserve to get them when they're still alive.

Life is too short so I try to put as much love and light into it as I can. I'm following my dreams (writing and otherwise) as best as I can, and I hope you do the same!

A Year Saleversary

An anthology that I’m part of is having a e-book sale celebrating one year of being published! Use the code ONE-YEAR-50% and you can grab the ebook here: https://payhip.com/WhentheRoseSpeaks

The poems of mine that are included are “love bloomed”, “she understands i love you”, “unravel the tangles”, “after all these years”, and “a love elementary”.

This has been the first time one of the anthologies I have been in has proposed a sale for a year of publication so I thought that was neat!

Some Super Exciting News

My book fairy tale love will be out on my favorite holiday: October 31st! I am so excited to bring forth this sapphic, sappy, dreamy collection of poems to you all. It is one of my happier, brighter works which differs from some of my other darker poety collections. I wanted to ry my hand at something different than what I'm accustomed to and came up with this book which I love dearly. I hope you all will love it, too.

My editor made me some images to share in September and it's so hard for me not to share them now. They have quotes from my upcoming collection paired with some beautiful artwork!

Birthday Present From the Universe

So remember how I was confused as to what I should do with fairy tale love? Well, my editor said that he's got all of his ducks in a row and he will be able to publish this book, after all! I was so relieved because I wasn't sure what to do. I really wanted to publish that book, but I wasn't sure what to do.

Because they had done a lot of work on that project and included their own artwork for the pages. It just seemed wrong to go to someone completely different and start anew. Not just because I would miss out on the artwork, but it just felt wrong to me. So in the end, I am glad things worked themselves out.

Not sure when this book will be out, but it is coming! I'm so excited for it.