Today I posted my 50th poem. Halfway through this wild, tender, surprising thing called An Author and Her Dog: 100 Days of Inspirational Words. What started as a challenge has become something far more meaningful. It’s not just about the writing anymore—it’s about the resonance. When I started, I had 156 followers. Today, I have …
I imagined it differently. A quiet, slow-motion moment. Me, holding the first printed copy of my book—the one I dreamed of for over a decade. Not the actual book print. But my first 350 pages printout anyway. Maybe a little music playing in the background. Maybe a soft smile. A deep breath. Instead, I got… …
I didn’t write The Last Girl on Earth for 14 years. But I’ve carried the weight of this story since around 2010. It started with a different story entirely. In 2006, I wrote a cheeky satire called Maria or the Last Single—a tongue-in-cheek take on dating in the big city when all you want is …
A New Challenge Begins – And You’re Invited Has anyone ever written a poem for you? No? Well, if you join my new challenge, that’s something you won’t ever be able to say again… On May 14th, I started a heartfelt creative journey: 100 days. 100 poems. 100 original pieces—each inspired by a word submitted …
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 — …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It was 2010 when nostalgia hit, and I found myself re-watching one of my all-time favorite series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I can’t recall the exact moment, but somewhere in one of those episodes, a spark ignited. That spark was the seed for The 23rd Pair, the Young Adult book I’m currently writing. From that …
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 …
