Welcome to the Inner Circle
This is where the veil lifts.
Here you’ll find personal reflections, behind-the-scenes chaos, and deep dives into the writing life—grief, growth, creativity, and all the messy magic in between. Some posts are heavy, some are silly, and some are just me figuring things out in real time.
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Movie Monday: Freakier Friday (2025) – A Little Magic, A Lot of Heart
Spoiler Alert: Mild Spoilers First Impressions Alright, let’s talk Freakier Friday. Call me enchanted, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. To all the skeptics out there? They’re probably younger than me, so I’ll forgive them for not fully embracing the cheesy, feel-good charm of a body-swap flick. It’s like… Read More
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The Girl Who Directed Herself Into the Spotlight 🎭✨
Act I: Finding the Stage In middle school, drama club was where I got my first taste of the spotlight — and I devoured it. I started as Charlene Bumiller in A Tuna Christmas — sassy, starstruck, and full of teen angst. Then came my role as the… Read More
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🎓 Signed, Sealed, Screwed: How Student Loans Set Me Up to Fail
The Pen and the Curse Let’s talk about what it means to financially sabotage a generation—because that’s exactly what student loans have done. And they did it with a smile, a “low” interest rate, and a signature from a teenager who barely knew how taxes worked. 🧾 At… Read More