Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong place. Not that Hawaii isn’t a magical place to be raised. But when I first traveled to Europe for the first time, I felt more at home than I did when I went to Japan. Maybe this is why I find myself drooling over Enchanting Paris: The Hedonist’s Guide. The multitude of cathedrals, the cultural symbolism, and history dripping within its architecture fills me with enviable joy. It reminds me that I am a writer who lives for romantic places and whimsy. Even if real life is too harsh and practical, writing returns me to the world that I dreamed up as a child and that my soul believes exists.
Since I’ve written here, my life has gotten topsy turvy. Throughout my 15+ years as a freelance writer, I’ve done everything from being an associate editor, copywriter, columnist and now a picture book author. Sometimes I’ve lost my way, only to find my way back. Again and again.
Sometimes harsh criticism threatens to keep me in a hole where the light of writing never shines.
Sometimes grief and tragedy and fear of the future, keeps me small and my writing hibernates, which is why it’s been years since I’ve written here.
The one nugget that lulled me back is the belief that my family’s stories hold meaning and the hope that their legacy is left through pieces of my writing.
The Inspiring Bee is about following your purpose, but this blog will share cultural nuggets of what I discover in my path towards publication and I hope lights a way for other writers who feel fearful of sharing their story.
I am a writer. But I am also an INFJ, empath, intuit, MA Counseling Psychology graduate and mental health/creative coach so everything I do I hope helps support other creatives on their journey.
I hope you will walk with me on the road to this transition. Writing can be a lonely path, but it doesn’t have to be. Please say, “Hello and introduce yourself.” What are you working on? What are you writing dreams?
