What I Consume Shapes What I Create
In my last post, I shared three shows and books that have been feeding the atmosphere of my current novel — stories that echo the emotional terrain, the tension, the quiet unraveling, and the rebuilding my main character is walking through. But the truth is, what I watch and read doesn’t just inspire my writing.…
Books and TV that Resonates Right Now
I just finished Kennedy Ryan’s Before I Let Go, which digs into postpartum depression after stillbirth. It landed next to my pages in I Feel Numb — my main character’s miscarriage and what follows — and reading it felt like someone else was bravely naming the quiet, painful pieces I’m trying to hold on the…
How Poetry Shaped My Voice
Before I ever thought about writing a book, before I understood story structure or character arcs or themes, I knew poetry. Poetry was my first language — the place where my emotions learned how to speak. Long before I had the courage to tell my story out loud, poetry gave me a way to whisper…
Leigh C. Mitchell 