Writing Alchemy is a place to explore life through the lens of stories.

Sometimes articles are about the process of writing stories, and sometimes they’re about examining other people’s stories to see what we can learn both about writing and about life.

I don’t want a newsletter that informs readers. I want a place to share ideas and foster discussion. I hope to cultivate a space for creativity and analysis where we have the freedom to explore across mediums (from movies to television and books) and by mingling genres, unafraid to defy convention and the “rules” of how things are done.

Fun fact: I’m a cat person that has a dog. There’s a whole story why. She makes occasional guest appearances in posts and in my social media.

Writing is a creative pursuit. While there are techniques that work and others that don’t, the only rules are the ones we place on ourselves.

You might enjoy Writing Alchemy if…

• You’re a passionate reader

• You don’t just like reading books, you like thinking about them

• You’ve watched way too much tv in your lifetime (children of the 80s welcome!)

• You can have a conversation comprised entirely of movie quotes

• When you’re processing something that happened in life you relate it to a story you watched or read

• You enjoy the craft of storytelling, whether you’re a writer or not

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Subscribe to receive monthly articles. These may at any time include the following:

• Explorations of life, of writing, possibly of figuring out who we are called to be in this world.

• Discussions and analysis on the craft of storytelling

• Sneak peeks, behind the scenes glimpses and bonus content for upcoming books (the usual author fun)

  • I write YA-style stories, both fantasy and sci-fi.

  • We can still be friends if you don’t read or don’t like by books 😀

• Book recommendations (because I often process ideas by relating it to a story I’ve watched or read)

Agile First Journey section

Agile First Draft is a technique I developed as the subject for my Master’s thesis in Creative Writing. It’s a structured approach to creating a first draft that takes advantage of drafting on computers instead of typewriters.

In the Agile First Journey section I talk about putting the theory of an Agile First Draft into practice using my current WIP.

If any of this sounds like fun subscribe and let’s see where it takes us.