“I first decided that I wanted to be an author at age seven. I recall the very conversation when I asked my parents where I could study the writing craft for high school and university, deciding then and there my entire schooling goals. Once I became an adult, I began studying creative writing at the University of Victoria just as seven-year-old me had planned.

Due to the difficulties of my health, I was forced to take an indefinite medical leave from university. This greatly impacted my mental health, and I spent the next decade in constant health battles.

But I never gave up on learning more about the craft. After watching hundreds of writing course videos online, reading dozens of writing craft books, and listening to a ton of webinars and even speaking to indie authors on occasion, I’m taking the steps I need to pursue my literary goals - with strong support from the women writers of the Quill & Cup community behind me.”