I originally started writing just before the pandemic in 2019. People who know me well and learned everything I’ve been through have usually told me to write a book about my life. I wrote one in just a few days and then pitched it. Back then I was under the delusion that everything in my life was going so great and I was finally going to get everything I worked so hard for.
But life had other plans. The pandemic happened. I lost my job. Started over and over again. I started out writing in the blogging world – working my way through a lot of my trauma. And then I began work on my first fiction novel…and had no idea what I was doing. My now wife agreed to go with me to explore Seattle because that’s where I thought I wanted the book set. Our flight got changed to go from Boston to Seattle and we baked in the airplane without a cloud in the sky and we almost had a medical emergency with all of us overheating. Then we proceeded to get off on the wrong train stop and had the WORST Lyft driver. We were so nauseous by the time we got to the hotel, I was almost certain I made a mistake. We kept our dinner reservation to the sushi restaurant around the corner. We were greeted warmly and presented with a hot towel. That hot towel changed everything. But my wife and I weren’t together yet as a couple, so that kind of put a wrench in the love story I was writing.
Then I got cancer and it changed everything. Drew my life into sharper focus. My wife and I finally made our relationship official and I proposed just a few months later (which was just 4yrs ago). As we moved in together, she listened to me on the Zoom calls with a virtual writing group. I finally put a first draft together of a novel I finally finished, based off a dream I had. I had been having vivid dreams for years and finally wrote one of them down. It took me nearly two years, but I finally hit that publish button. Published two more in the year that followed. Now I have over a dozen in various stages of completion.
In 2025, I finally put myself out there – signing at Thirst Books in Wauwatosa and setting up signing events in 2026. I know I’m not the best author, but I hope some day someone enjoys what I’ve put out there. I don’t think I’ll ever be a best-selling author, but I know some important things I have to share mean a lot to me, and maybe they’ll make a difference to someone else in the process.
Thanks for being here and joining me on this wild ride called life!
With Love – Lindsey
I started writing down one thing at the end of every day — what I actually managed to do. Not a to-do list, not plans. Just one small win. It’s surprising how quickly it shifts your perspective.