favorite tropes to read or write:

I always get tropes, themes, and other stuff mixed up so sorry if this isn’t right but: I like writing corruption, grief, overcoming grief, and religious imagery. I especially love when the protagonist was missing something in their lives and has a sense of melancholy only for someone to come in and uproot everything and give them a new perspective on life.

where do I pull inspo from:

I make lots of pinterest boards and use personal experience. On pinterest, I specifically look for settings that make me feel nostalgic and imagery that evokes a scene. So for example: an attic full of boxes, an open window, a stained table cloth, cobwebs in the corner, a smashed cake on the floor, something on fire. They make me feel like there’s a story there. I then add in my own way of relating to it like growing up low income, growing up in the 00s, growing up in the Midwest and the rural south (US). It brings a myriad of experiences that I can place onto my protagonists.

how do I find time to write:

I’m unemployed