A challenging hike on McRae Peak turns into a lesson on self-doubt, fear, gratitude, and personal growth along my author journey. Can the climb be worth it, even when we don't reach the summit? It better be! Here’s how I remind myself to make that happen.

Everyone knows the term "dystopia.” And to be fair, there is a lot of crossover between my upcoming novel and an imagined society living under corrupt rule, oppression, dehumanization, and suffering. But what if that corruption doesn’t look like suffering, but comfort? Only an outcast would be able to see how truly horrible such a society can be.