Writing: I Needed a Pep Talk Today, So This is What I Said

I dream. I imagine that I live in a world where I can be daring, where I can — without the judgment of others, without asking for outside approval — be myself. It is a world where I can follow my heart’s true desire. It is a world where I can freely do what it is that I want to do and what I feel called to do. It is a world of hope and possibility.
I am a writer. I say that with conviction. It is, today, an affirmation of who I am. I am a writer — not because of my novel, Freestyle Love, not...