Hey folks!

I’m usually a fan of Twitter threads, but I’m currently on a family trip to the Yukon and want to stay off social media as much as I can.

With that aside, hi! I’m Roxine.

I've been writing online and have had some form of newsletter since 2014.

I write a newsletter for thoughtful people. This is a weekly reflection essay, usually 800-1500 words (this used to be a curation newsletter – it's evolved over time) where I open source my self-reinvention.

I also have a blog where I write about what it means to live a considered life and how to do it.

Although I’ve been writing online for 7 years, I’ve always done it on the side or for others, as a content marketer. I’d never had the space or resources to really give my online writing undivided attention — and a real shot.

Until now.

In the first week of July 2021, I was suddenly let go from my job. (I wrote about the experience in my newsletter.)

It hurt a lot. But it also got my excited: I realized that now is the perfect time to give my writing a shot.

I’ll be returning to Write of Passage’s 7th Cohort after being an alumni mentor in Cohort 6. WoP7 will run from Sept 8th - Oct 13th.

In the month of the residency, I plan on publishing my weekly newsletter along with the 4 (or 5?) essays from Write of Passage.

In addition, I have an essay on how being autotelic is the cure for languishing that I have been procrastinating on. I’d like to publish that as well.

The residency couldn’t have come at a better time.

Aside from having the dedicated time for writing my essays, I’m hoping this residency will help me figure out what’s really keeping me from being more prolific writer.

Am I just using my career or family situation as an excuse to procrastinate on my writing?

Or do I really need my own place to grow into the creative I know I can be?

The Creator Cabin Residency will either put me on a path to make a living writing full-time, or help me realize that I enjoy a life of writing but want to keep it separate from writing for a living.

I think doing WoP + Creator Cabins Residency will be a killer combination. 😉

Either way, I’m excited for the chance to give myself this opportunity to try making a childhood dream come true.