In the spring of 2025, I wrote a novel – the greatest creative rush I’ve ever experienced in my life. I lived inside that story 24/7. I could hardly sleep because I was so excited all the time. It came after a long spell of writer’s block, and I felt as though I’d stepped back into life. I finished the first draft in 102 days. But the truly magical part began after that… with three orange seeds.
Writing Journal
How I Lost My Hands (And Got Them Back)
In 2011, I participated in Milwordy, a challenge to write 1,000,000 words in a year. For those of you who know NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), that’s about one and a half times the NaNo amount: 2,740 words every single day for the whole year – so, nothing to sneeze at. And then my hands gave up…