Why I Write the Stories That Make People Feel

I’ve always believed that the best stories don’t just entertain — they stay. Long after the last page is turned, they sit with you. They echo in quiet moments. They make you remember something you thought you’d forgotten. They make you feel seen.

That’s the kind of story I want to write.

I don’t write because I have all the answers. I write because I have questions — about family, about growing up, about grief, about joy, about what it means to be human in the most everyday of ways. And sometimes the most powerful truths are tucked inside something as simple as a kid at a birthday party, or a dog who keeps getting into trouble, or a quiet moment between a mother and her daughter with a quilt across their laps.

If you’ve read any of my stories, you know they don’t always wrap up in a perfect bow. But they always come with heart. I try to write about real things — the funny, the raw, the beautiful, and the in-between.

Because the world is noisy. But stories? Stories make us listen.

And if even one reader closes one of my books and says, “That felt like me,” then I’ve done what I set out to do.

So why do I write the stories that make people feel?

Because feelings are where the truth lives.