Welcome to The Story Letter!

This is a newsletter for people who love stories, want to tell their own, and aren’t afraid to get a tiny bit weird about it. I'm glad you found me!

I’m a storyteller, story editor, educator and author, and in The Story Letter, I’m sharing what I'm actually excited about these days: memoir and storytelling techniques I'm trying in my own writing, personal stories about creativity and relationships, and romance novel deep dives from a story nerd perspective.

So… I've been teaching storytelling for 14 years. I've won multiple Moth GrandSLAMS, published an Audible Original memoir, I’ve got a memoir from Harper One on the way, and I'm the former Director of Education for The Moth. I'm a story editor for award-winning audio, and I've coached over a thousand storytellers— from Buddhist leaders to high school juniors.

You can find out more about me, and see/hear some of my own stories, here. And I've got some fun posts about storytelling craft strategies, archived here.

But I do NOT pretend to have it all figured out. In the last couple years I’ve realized it’s not really that fun to write in an “expert” voice. Instead, I want to share what lights me up. So that’s what THIS is.

My hope is that The Story Letter will feel like your smartest, strangest friend — the one who reads too much romance, has strong opinions about story structure, and gets genuinely excited about narrative craft.

I'm here to share what I'm figuring out in real time and also to remind you: YOU have stories to tell. And you're a goddamn delight.

You can choose which topics you want to receive in your email preferences — storytelling craft, romance novel coverage, personal essays, or all of the above.

Also! Want to work with me on your stories, or bring me to your organization? Find out more here.