The Ember Blog 

Now that you’ve transformed, who are you becoming?

There is a version of transformation we rarely talk about.

Not the burning.
Not the breaking.
Not the moment everything becomes impossible to ignore....

On money, memory, expansion, and the ordinary phrase that brings me back to center.

There are certain memories that do not announce themselves as life lessons while you are living them.

They are too...

Why revealing the cover was not the same as releasing the story.

On January 1st, I released the cover of Raised by Fire.

And a funny thing happened.

People congratulated me.

They celebrated the ti...

On trust, resistance, and refusing to make permanent decisions from inside the gray.

There is a particular kind of tired that does not announce itself as a breakdown.

It does not throw dishes.
It doe...

The Thousands of Tiny Decisions No One Sees

People see the finished book.

They see the cover reveal.
The launch.
The interviews.
The celebration.

What they rarely see are the thousands of tiny decisio...