Welcome to the Reading Nook

A space for short stories, reflective journals, quiet poems, and pages meant to be held close.

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✨ Proverbs

A collections of small truths.

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🌿 Poetry & Quiet Pages

Soft words for slow mornings.

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Willow & Ink

Our current short story collection for those who are wanting to get cozy and read about an enchanted book store.

Step inside and meet Ellie, Juniper, and a cute book dragon named Pip, as they wrestle with the needs of the bookstore, their powers, and everyday life.

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Willow & Ink Short Story Collection

  • Willow & Ink: The One it Sent For

    Chapter 1      There. Ellie thought as she hung the pink hiring flier in the bookstore window. The café had passed its final inspections last week and was officially...

    Willow & Ink: The One it Sent For

    Chapter 1      There. Ellie thought as she hung the pink hiring flier in the bookstore window. The café had passed its final inspections last week and was officially...

  • Willow & Ink: Dust Between The Pages

    Chapter 1      A cool spring morning carried the chirping birds through the dewy air. The faint scent of tiny florals bloomed along the vines climbing the historic walls...

    Willow & Ink: Dust Between The Pages

    Chapter 1      A cool spring morning carried the chirping birds through the dewy air. The faint scent of tiny florals bloomed along the vines climbing the historic walls...

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The Artist and the Soldier

The Artist and the Soldier is a poetry collection shaped in the chaos between a stay-home-mom aspiring to be an artist while her husband is often away on military duties. They love each other deeply, but get distracted by everyday life and missing each other while pursuing their dreams and pouring love into their little family. It’s love, resilience, dreaming, and growing in the struggle. Overcoming old challenges and facing new ones, whatever it is, they do it together, even if they are miles apart.

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The Artist and the Soldier Poetry Collection

  • The Artist and the Soldier Ep. 2

    Staying sheltered,Staying home,With days loud of cries and hollers. I miss his smile, I miss his laugh,I miss how he sometimes seems to make the chaos swim a little softer....

    The Artist and the Soldier Ep. 2

    Staying sheltered,Staying home,With days loud of cries and hollers. I miss his smile, I miss his laugh,I miss how he sometimes seems to make the chaos swim a little softer....

  • The Artist and the Soldier Ep. 1

    Fighting for her right to shine.Fighting for her right to dream in color. Fighting for her love to last and for our children to feel it more. Early mornings and...

    The Artist and the Soldier Ep. 1

    Fighting for her right to shine.Fighting for her right to dream in color. Fighting for her love to last and for our children to feel it more. Early mornings and...

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Behind the Ink

There was a time when I didn’t keep many things.

Not journals. Not keepsakes. Not proof that small moments mattered.

So now, I make them.

The pages you find here are shaped by quiet rebuilding — by learning how to create the kind of atmosphere I once wished for. Gentle. Thoughtful. Unrushed.

I don’t write because everything is perfect.

I write because creating something steady feels like a way forward.

If you recognize yourself in that, this space was made with you in mind.

Read With Me

Tucked into this corner of the studio is something simple — a quiet, ongoing book club of sorts.

I’m not a book critic, and I’ve never written formal reviews. These are simply notes, thoughts, and reflections I gather as I read — shared here in case you’d like to read alongside me.

If a story calls to you, you’re warmly invited to join in. Whether you’ve already read it, are reading now, or plan to someday, this space is open for you to linger, reflect, and share your thoughts too.

There’s no pressure, no schedule — just stories, and the experience of reading them together.

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Next From The TBR

The next book waiting in this space is For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn.

If you’ve read it, I’d love to hear your thoughts. If it’s been on your list, consider this your gentle nudge to pick it up and join in.

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A Few Cozy Things

If you enjoy slow moments like this, you might also like a few cozy things from the studio — journals for your own thoughts, or something soft to keep nearby while you read.

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New stories are added gently.

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