Major Projects

Free or Less

Growing up in a rural, Catholic town, I had no childfree role models, and no idea children were a choice. It wasn’t until my mid-twenties that I realized motherhood would make me deeply unhappy. Yet in my early thirties, when my siblings and friends started getting married and having babies I felt inferior and resentful. My best friend's pregnancy was the straw that broke me. I was overwhelmed by grief and even reconsidered my decision because I didn’t want to be left behind. My mental health and relationships were brought to the brink. I embarked on a heartbreaking and hilarious personal journey to overcome my anguish, salvage my relationships, and become the carefree, well-adjusted woman I once was.

I am currently querying this unmotherhood memoir.

Coming Apart

We all go through breakups —and not just with lovers. We break up with friends, family, versions of ourselves, and even ideas, places, and objects.

Coming Apart is a collection of 30 short stories that looks at breakups in all their forms, and what life looks like on the other side of the ending.

I am currently querying this collection.

The Salt Meat Diaries

Newfoundland is a mythical and storied place with icebergs, fog, and jellybean houses. We're a proud people with a fierce love for the island that has shaped us. Yet, thanks to a boom-and-bust natural resource-based economy, we have a history of leaving.

When I was laid off, I felt forced to join the tradition of Newfoundlanders leaving the island for work. I felt anger, resentment, and Atlantic-deep sadness as I broke up with the only home I had ever known. The Salt Meat Diaries is my love story with the island, full of betrayal, heartache, forgiveness, and reconnection.

I am currently writing this mixed medium collection.

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