November: Connect, Create, Collaborate

Our monthly resource exchange + why are we doing this?

Nov 1 • 

Mariah Friend

8

21

October 2025

Dopamine distractions and talking about my book in the WILD

Self-publishing updates, including project costs 💸

Oct 23 • 

Mariah Friend

7

14

Why consistency doesn't work for me

What a week of pink eye + solo parenting taught me about creativity

Oct 17 • 

Mariah Friend

5

8

October: Connect, Create, Collaborate

Our monthly resource exchange + what real vulnerability looks like

Oct 10 • 

Mariah Friend

 and 

Kathryn Vercillo

13

20

A thousand times, I'd choose you

This body, this life, this moment--a carousel of delight and pain and magic.

Oct 1 • 

Mariah Friend

9

1

September 2025

First page and cover design reveal! 🦋

On liminal spaces, creative decisions, and the idea of launching “softly”

Sep 21 • 

Mariah Friend

8

5

I thought I had a chronic illness: Spoiler--I just needed more childcare

How capitalism blinds us to the solutions we really need

Sep 14 • 

Mariah Friend

21

15

What happens when you write a book about real people...and they find out?

The delicate dance of blending literary fiction with memoir

Sep 7 • 

Mariah Friend

3

5

September: Connect, Create, Collaborate

Our monthly resource exchange + outtakes from the ups and downs of building community IRL.

Sep 1 • 

Mariah Friend

 and 

Amanda Aaron 🇨🇦

7

10

August 2025

The Pattern Shop: Excerpts from The Prologue & Self-publishing Updates

Meet Eleanorah's Grandfather and vote on your favorite butterfly sticker! 🦋

Aug 24 • 

Mariah Friend

7

7

An introduction to my debut novel, The Pattern Shop! 🦋

Wisdom from my past to future self and an introduction to my debut novel, The Pattern Shop! 🦋

Aug 14 • 

Mariah Friend

5

2

A star is born

On the inward pull of gravity, collapse, and finding light in the darkness

Aug 10 • 

Mariah Friend

6

13