Hi Friend! An Overdue Introduction
Every time I share about my work, I have to push through limiting beliefs. I type a few sentences and wonder to myself “how can I write this so that people will actually care?” which exposes the belief that I need to twist my words into a specific shape for anyone to bother with what I have to offer.
That belief is quite dismal, isn’t it. It stops me dead in my tracks and I wonder if I should play some video games instead of typing this note to you. But then—
I remember conversations with friends. Sometimes with colored pencils in hand, sometimes with cinnamon rolls to bake. All enthusiasm, goodness, kindness, encouragement. I remember that the problem isn’t me. I am earnest, honest, awkward, quiet, and persistent. The internet, with all its algorithms and the culture they shape, isn’t designed for someone who processes the world like me. I cannot do trends, I cannot wedge my way into social circles, I cannot match the pace of activity that others happily sustain. And that’s ok.
I believe that I have good things to offer, and I’m happy to offer them here. If you’d like to join this conversation, you are so so welcome.
The Work I’ve Done
It has been a while since I’ve shared an overview of what I do. The only time I feel comfortable talking about myself like this is in one-on-one conversations, so I’ll play pretend for a moment. Hi. Thanks for grabbing a coffee with me in this nice, quiet cafe. Emphasis on quiet. If it’s loud, I will have to spend a few hours recovering later this afternoon, and prefer to not do that. So yes. Thank you. I love that you picked a sensory-safe place.
I am a writer and an artist. I wrote for interior design magazines for nine years, and besides that I’ve done miscellaneous freelance and even published a few poems. I published an article in Christianity Today, which was an opportunity I never thought I’d have. I received an honorable mention from Glimmer Train once, too. I am currently working on a personal project that I’d love to share with you—but it’ll be a while before it takes book shape!
I started taking my art seriously around 2018, when I tried out an Inktober challenge for the first time. It felt like waking up a limb that had fallen asleep. All pins and needles and possibility. My fingers regained muscle memory. My eyes regained the ability to map lines and measure distance. I designed everything within my skillset, pushing my abilities as far as I possibly could.
Since then I have designed several coloring books. First Vibrant Minds, then You are Enough, and then a collection of affirmation pages for Eric Warren Jr.’s Sir, Maybe You Should Color. I also created a Stations of the Cross coloring series, which hopefully will someday be available for you to purchase. I have a new book on the way, as well.
Oh my goodness and I can’t forget to tell you about the organizing that I do. I have also brought my work to markets and craft fairs, and I even co-organized two holiday markets (‘24, ‘25). I run a writers group. It has taken on various forms over the past—oh gosh—nearly 14 years? It is currently a small group that meets in a quiet cafe (yep! emphasis on quiet!) I also run a therapeutic art group, which I have sustained for at least two years now.
Where I’m at Now
It’s strange to sum up all that lived experience in a few paragraphs. There is so much that falls through the cracks. Projects I couldn’t finish for one reason or another, huge successes that don’t exactly fit on a resume, personal growth with no easy way to measure it. I can’t stand by the bedroom doorjamb, next to the graphite tick marks that show the vertical journey my son embarks on every single day, and say “how I’ve grown.”
Instead I have calendars and lists and books and projects and processes. I am scattered yet somehow still meticulous, and it all sums up in one small moment: I flip through my papers, mind churning through the data. I smile, lift a hand over my shoulder, and pat myself on the back. “You did it,” I say to myself. And then I move on with my day.
Right now, as 2026 dawns, I am an artist and a writer with the goal to unmask my neurodivergence. I want to learn to do all the above—all the writing, all the art, all the organizing—in a way that matches how I experience the world. This means creating accommodations for my sensory needs, social hangups, and energy fluctuation, all while learning to share my work with others in a way that connects.
How does one do this? Honestly, I’m still figuring it out. I have a few opportunities to practice, though. Several projects are in the works. In 2026 I’m hoping to:
Launch a new coloring book (getting final details settled soon!)
Work with my client on another project (conversations pending!)
Submit my book proposal to publishing gatekeepers (I can tell you more about it another time.)
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