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I want to build an authentic, trusting, mutually-supportive creative partnership with someone over time. As a neurodivergent woman who's /literally always tired/, I want to foster a relationship where we can both drop our masks (and egos) and get to the heart of things. Who we are as people, and the lived experiences we carry. What fuels us, challenges us, and makes our nerd-hearts sing. What does and *does not* serve our work styles. (Bonus points if you're a fellow ADHD-er!) What professional goals we dream of achieving, and how we can best push each other with honest, constructive feedback to get there.
I'm a visual artist still building the confidence to use the term "writer." I'm not there yet, but have dabbled in different kinds of writing over the last decade+. I had a blog for several years in the 2010s about navigating gender, feminism, and inequality as a teenager, which opened some exciting doors. I wrote through university in an ethnic, gender, and labor studies (i.e., sociology) context, and articles for small newspapers here and there. I've also written media releases, client stories, marketing campaigns, and other communications pieces in non-profit and higher-ed spheres. Creative writing - especially writing for kids - is a vulnerable leap for me!
Ideally, I'd love to critique picture book manuscripts and other shorter works (except poetry, sorry!) in the realms of humor, fantasy, mystery, slice-of-life, memoir, etc.
As a kid I was obsessed with the Berenstain Bears ("Get the Gimmies" and "Too Much Birthday," especially), the densely-illustrated world of Richard Scarry, and Daniel Handler's Series of Unfortunate Events. As a tween, I stayed up all night reading your Twilights and Harry Potters, Dean Koontzes and Stephen Kings, plus whatever manga (Japanese comics) I could get my hands on from the library. In high school, Margaret Atwood got me into speculative fiction through The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake, and in college, Toni Morrison broke me. Now my shelves are full of comics by Abby Howard, Kate Beaton, and other smart, funny women. Graphic novels like Paper Girls and Saga (Brian K. Vaughan), Nimona (ND Stevenson), and Snapdragon (Kat Leyh). Feminist essays and memoirs by Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay. Plus... too many books I still need to read!
I'm an American expat living in BC, Canada with a lovely partner who's written a few books of his own, and a smol black pug named Beans. I grew up on cartoons, Seinfeld, and progressive rock. I'm turning 30 in a month and might be having a mid-life crisis. Two things about me are I love coffee and sleeping.
