Hiya!

Nice to meet you. I’m Anastasia.

From the time I was 10 years old, I knew I would be a writer. For some reason I was always so drawn to words, to books, to the beautiful and therapeutic act of putting a pen to paper and letting my soul bleed onto the page in black ink.

After studying journalism at the University of Kansas, being a writer wasn’t just a dream anymore, it had become my identity. Whether it was cranking out a post-game analysis for the weekly Kansas City Chiefs game or jotting down my innermost thoughts about life and love and mental health, writing has always been my very favorite outlet to explore the deepest depths of myself, and of the world around me.

I hope that through my words you are somehow able to find your own. Because as my favorite writer, Ernest Hemingway, once said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and bleed.”

My wish is that you are inspired and motivated to find your inner writer; that you will fiercely chase after the things your heart burns for, just as I have with this website. Here I am, scars and all, hoping that my stories might make you feel a little less alone, a little more understood, and a little more prepared to shine your light.