Re-emerging from the ashes

Welcome to A Certain Slant

I won’t lie—I’ve thought about quitting Substack almost every day. Everyone’s idea of success is different, but I looped how-to guides, adopted formulas, ripped out pieces of paper, drafted punishing schedules—until any heart I had for this project blinked out. Each day I’d stare at my notes, then return to the app: Tell me what I’m doing wrong.

Keep it simple, said my husband. You don’t have to be the best here. You just have to be you.

I wish I were the kind of person who gets things right straight off the bat, but I’m very much a fuck-around-and-find-out kind of girl (degrees, diagnoses, marriages—collect the set!). So I fucked around for about six months, learned a few things that worked (and a whole lot that didn’t), and found out that my publication needed a bit of continuity.

I loved the word pareidolia—borne from my love of abstract art—but over time it was clear that I was writing about more than that.

So. I took a deep breath and phoenixed.

Welcome to A Certain Slant. A journal of poetic meditations, photography, and reflections on solitude and the subtle fractures of everyday life. You can read more in the bio.

Thank you, as always, for being here with me. xx