Kiran J

Hi friends,

2025 was such a strange year. It was devastating, frustrating, and yet still beautiful in unexpected ways (I’ve learned that you can hold all these truths at once).

So yea, the year sucked, and then it didn’t, and then it did, and then it didn’t again. Looking back on my creative life, here are some highlights from the past 12 months.

Thanks for going through this journey with me. Cheers 🥂

1. Launched @misswordpower with nothing but a whim and a username I created back in 2008.

2. Wrote with and met a ridiculous number of talented people, both IRL and online, shoutout @gatherpoets .

3. This year I worked on poetry, a fiction novel, a short story, creative nonfiction, and a children’s book.

4. Wrote 75 poems(?!). Some are complete, some need revising, but wow, I’m floored I had that in me.

5. Had my work featured in 9 publications.

6. Hosted 2 IRL writing workshops with @queensbookbazaar .

7. Fueled my creativity with many, many matcha lattes.

8. Stopped putting pressure on myself to be perfect and started sharing my imperfect WIPs.

9. Worked on being less self-deprecating every time someone compliments my work. (Accepting volunteers to help me test this out 😏). 

10. Fell in love with myself (and writing) again.

See you next year!
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