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How do we become the light, if we can't see it?
A conversation with Catriona Knapman about creative choices, shifting power dynamics, and collective courage
 • Mariah Friend and Catriona Knapman
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32 books and so much light ✨
Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude
 • Mariah Friend
The Pattern Shop is here 🦋
For the ones who are brave enough to fly, despite the risk.
 • Mariah Friend
No Amazon ads. No urgency. Just a book made with love. 🦋
When I decided to publish The Pattern Shop on the last full moon of the year, I knew I wanted to do it slowly, with the intention of bringing a gift…
 • Mariah Friend
AI says I'll fail. I'm doing it anyway.
When the math isn't mathing, magical thinking, and self-publishing updates
 • Mariah Friend
Dopamine distractions and talking about my book in the WILD
Self-publishing updates, including project costs 💸
 • Mariah Friend
First page and cover design reveal! 🦋
On liminal spaces, creative decisions, and the idea of launching “softly”
 • Mariah Friend
What happens when you write a book about real people...and they find out?
The delicate dance of blending literary fiction with memoir
 • Mariah Friend
The Pattern Shop: Excerpts from The Prologue & Self-publishing Updates
Meet Eleanorah's Grandfather and vote on your favorite butterfly sticker! 🦋
 • Mariah Friend
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! 🦋
 • Mariah Friend
Notes from the query trenches ✏️
After 47 queries and one partial request, why I'm finally choosing myself 👑
 • Mariah Friend
You deserve your best effort
A pep talk from rock bottom (tears and expletives included)
 • Mariah Friend
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