Something Is Shifting

And I Think You'll Understand

There’s a moment in writing when you realize the draft you’ve been working on wants to become something different. And the best thing you can do is listen.

I’m having that moment with this newsletter.

This summer, I’m slowing down intentionally. Instead of four posts a month, I’ll be sharing two: one for everyone, one for paid subscribers. Yes, they’ll be less frequent, but they’ll also be more me.

I want to go deeper into what it really means to support the whole writer, not just your manuscript, but the creative life you’re trying to build around it.

Craft advice is everywhere right now. What I actually care about is helping you stay connected to your work when doubt, comparison, and overwhelm try to take over. That’s where I want to put my energy this season.

And, this week’s podcast episode feels almost too well-timed: How to Know When to Shift. Because sometimes the most important writing skill isn’t a craft technique, it’s the willingness to recognize when something needs to change, and trust yourself enough to let it.

“The question is never, did I fail this book? The question is always, what does my writing life need right now?”

To hear more about the shifts this creative life often calls on us to make, tune in here👇🏻

The Whole Writer podcast creates space for writers to nurture both their craft and themselves, exploring what it means to write from a place of wholeness rather than depletion. You can find episodes:
📍 Here on my Substack
📍 Apple Podcasts
📍 Spotify

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📚If you’re in the thick of revising right now and need craft support, my four-part series on revision is waiting for you in the archives. It’s workshop-level guidance on strengthening your story’s structure and adding the layers that make a manuscript come alive — practical enough that I refer my own 1:1 clients to it.