I Did a 28-Day TikTok Challenge and Learned the Hard Truth About Support

28 days.28 videos.Countless hours writing, filming, editing, posting, hoping.I started this challenge pretending I had one million followers.I finish it knowing that even one real supporter can mean everything. I didn’t go viral.Most of my videos didn’t even break 300 views.But I still call it a win. Because I learned more about showing up — …

More Than a Dog: Miss Monroe, My Heart on Four Paws

If you ever meet her, you’ll understand instantly: Miss Monroe is no ordinary dog. She’s a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with more personality than most people I know. She’s emotional, expressive, funny, sensitive—and, frankly, a little bit of a drama queen. And she’s my muse and my heart. When people talk about their pets, they …

Confessions of a Reluctant Influencer (with 52 Followers and a Dream)

I never thought I’d speak on the internet. In English. With my real voice. And yet, here I am – a YA author pretending to have one million followers while my dog licks my face mid-shot. This is not the dystopian future I imagined. And yet, it kind of is. When I started writing The …

Lost in Translation: Why I Write in English Despite Being German (With a Dash of Spanish Flavor)

You’d think with German precision and Spanish passion, I’d be writing in one of those languages—but nope, here I am, typing away in English! I was born in Germany to very Spanish parents. My mother, a Spanish teacher with a big love for cooking, whips up everything from elegant dinners to ‘basic’ Spanish staples like …

Haunted by the Past – Reflections from The Bear Season 3 and My Writing Journey

In the third season of the TV show The Bear, the concept of being haunted runs as a common thread through all ten episodes, but not in a supernatural sense. Instead, it’s about lingering regrets, unresolved issues, and the pain that refuses to stay in the past. This theme resonated with me deeply, as I …