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A Quiet Beginning for 2026

The first days of a new year always feel tender to me. Not loud. Not triumphant. Just… open. Like a room with the windows cracked, letting in air you didn’t realize you needed.

2026 is already shaping itself into a year of careful attention—attention to who we are, who we’re allowed to be, and how easily those things can be taken for granted. I’ve been thinking a lot about safety lately. Not just physical safety, but the kind that lets you breathe without bracing yourself. The kind that doesn’t ask you to shrink, translate, or justify your existence.

Writing has always been my refuge when the world feels sharp around the edges. When systems feel too big, too cold, too sure of themselves. Stories let me imagine gentler structures. Kinder ones. Or at least places where resistance begins quietly, with a person noticing that something is wrong.

I’ve been working—slowly, deliberately—on a new story set in Aria. Some of you may recognize the name. It’s a place I return to when I need to believe that sanctuary is possible. This time, the story begins in a library. With a woman whose job is order, balance, and care. And with a system that claims to know better than she does.

That’s all I’ll say for now.

What I can share is this: I’m planning to release this story on my birthday, February 1, 2026. It feels right to mark another year of living with something honest. Something that holds space for people who are tired. People who are watching the world change and wondering where they fit inside it.

If you’ve been feeling uneasy lately—if you’ve been searching for warmth, or recognition, or a reminder that your questions matter—I see you. This story is being written with you in mind.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading. And thank you for carrying your own light into a year that needs it.

I'll have a cover reveal up in the future. 

I write stories about systems, memory, and the people who quietly resist them.
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