“I desperately needed to read this.” ~Katie

Hello, writer dear.

I’m so glad you’re here—especially if you’re (still) not used to calling yourself a writer.

This can be such a slippery identity to claim. So many of us gatekeep ourselves from it, not believing we’re worthy of being called a writer. But it’s not about attaining arbitrary milestones or jumping through self-imposed hoops. We get to call ourselves writers because we put words on a page. Where they go or who reads them doesn’t make a difference. What matters is that we wrote them—and that we keep writing more.

You, writer dear, are an alchemist.
You use words to make magic.

Not only are you already a writer, it’s important that you keep acting like it. That you keep showing up. That you keep going.

With Writer Dear, I help make sure you do.

“I asked a question about writing habits and got THE BEST EVER advice. Genuinely it has changed my writing. Thank you Kerry for this gem. 😍” ~Collette

I realized by age eight that I’m a writer. For the next decade, I wrote and wrote and wrote. Sometimes because I couldn’t help it. Others because I needed the release. Always because it is who I am.

Eventually, my inner critics became loud and cruel enough to keep me from my words. They convinced me I didn’t deserve to write. For much of the next decade, I avoided, but always missed, the page.

When I (thankfully) began writing again, it’s because I’d finally had enough. I needed to be myself again. Now, over 10 years later, I haven’t stopped. At this point, I’m confident I never will.

I’m standing in front of an outdoor mural in which a book lies open in a garden of flowers and swirly grass. I’m wearing a t-shirt that says, “Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. -Edwidge Danticat”

I don’t know your writing history.1 I don’t know what sustains your practice, what you struggle with, or what you’re most proud of so far. But I do know I’m glad you’re a writer (because you are), and I also know how very much I hope you keep going.

Become a reader of Writer Dear

Which is why I send readers of Writer Dear encouragement and advice. Every month, I write to you about a different piece of the writing life: learning lessons from our fear, minimizing self-doubt, making the just-right commitment.

On the third, readers receive an emotional support letter (think pep talk) so you know someone is rooting for you.
Two-ish weeks later, readers receive a digital care package with resources and action steps to help you keep going.

Writer Dear helps you internalize that you are worthy of what you want next. The emotional support letters and digital care packages are, and will always be, free. Solidarity should be.

“I am so grateful that you are focusing on the emotional journey of being a writer. I just think it’s so important to acknowledge the work it takes to keep our mindsets in check. I appreciate you!” ~Stephanie

If you’re a writer who wants to go further, faster, I encourage you to take advantage of Writer Dear’s paid membership. Members make a $30 annual commitment to yourself and your words; in exchange, you are challenged, cheered for, and offered a writing home.

Membership includes: