FAQ

Some questions return more than once, as do their answers.

01. What kind of writing do you create?

I create personal reflections, essays, free-verse and prose poetry, and memoir-inspired fiction exploring themes of memory, grief, persistence, identity, quiet struggle, and pivotal life moments carried in silence. My minimalist, subdued style delivers layered meaning—more whisper than shout.

02. What topics do you write about most often?

I explore the human condition and hidden structures of daily life—how people navigate change, loss, and evolving identity. My recurring themes include:

• Quiet dignity in endurance
• Emotional memory and its distortions
• Creative process as ritual
• Alienation caught between shifting eras and different intersecting cultures
• Unspoken communication between people
• Dynamics between solitude and connection
• Tension between visible reality and inner experience
• Growing alienation amid our hunger for genuine human connection

03. Who are you writing for?

My writing serves those seeking to pause amid life's frenetic pace. It connects with thinkers, seekers, artists, and question-dwellers. My work resonates with readers who value subtlety, emotional depth, and the enduring echoes of lived experience. But truthfully, I write first for myself—pursuing the threads that perhaps no one else would follow, exploring the spaces others might find too quiet or strange. When I write for myself, without concern for audience or reception, I discover what I'm truly capable of. That's where the most honest work lives.

04. Are your stories and poems autobiographical?

They embody emotional truth while often employing fictional details. I write from authentic emotional experiences but reshape them through language and form. This approach creates work that's simultaneously personal and universal—serving as both mirror and catalyst rather than literal memoir.

05. How do you want readers to feel when engaging with your work?

I hope readers feel seen, soothed, and gently haunted. My writing offers stillness amid life's noise, helping people interpret their own experiences through another's quiet truths.

06. How do you use AI in your creative process?

I utilize AI as a proofreading tool, not a ghostwriter—similar to an enhanced version of Microsoft's Clippy from the 1990s. In order for my writing to be authentic and real, it must come from me.

07. Where can people start reading or listening to your work?

Start with the Writing page. Each piece is its own small offering. Some speak louder than others—read what draws you. For updates, visit News.

08. Where can people engage with you?

Here on my website. While my responses may not be immediate, I read everything. Reader reflections often inspire future work. Contact me via email through my contact page.

09. Why do you write?

Writing is my method of thinking, remembering, and maintaining sanity. I write not to instruct but to connect—offering stability in our fast-paced, often superficial world. I preserve space for overlooked moments, providing light in an otherwise dark and weary cosmos.

10. Why don't you promote your work more widely?

I value resonance over reach, thus I spend most of my time writing or thinking about writing. My priority is authentically living as a writer and sharing that experience rather than constructing a persona for attention. I choose substance over spectacle.

11. Where do you stand on the em dash debate?

I stand with the em dash—obviously. It's the sigh, the side glance, the pause where a period would feel too final and a comma too polite. Critics say it's overused, but most of them seem unfamiliar with writing—or punctuation—in practice. The em dash does what others can't. I try not to overuse it—but I fail, gloriously.