Start here (3/11/2026)
I found my story; now I can help you find yours.
This Substack offering is the culmination of several careers across my professional lifetime and stops along my creative journey, and I’m so excited to share it with you all!
One night in December 2022, I found myself in so much pain that I couldn’t sleep. I tried sleeping sitting up. I moved between my bed and the sofa. On Christmas Eve, I called the hospital’s urgent care, and they prescribed a muscle relaxer that made me nearly lose my mind.
By the end of February 2023, I’d had surgery on the two discs that were causing all that trouble, and I was fortunate enough to recover very quickly. It took me several months longer to realize I needed to change my life, and that change was coming to Substack.
If you want to boost your storytelling powers or develop healthier writing habits, you are home.
Welcome to the Bite-Sized Storytelling Boost, home of the Notes2Post System for Storytelling (N2P) and the Writers Inspired by the Arts Community (WIA).
Mission Statement
The Bite-Sized Storytelling Boost provides stories and services to the writing community, promoting healthier writing habits, quality storytelling, and community.
I help writers harness their creativity and finally publish consistently.
Storytelling resources
Writers Inspired by the Arts is a virtual writing community designed to expand your storytelling capacity. Members of this select community:
Meet every two weeks via Zoom to learn from guest speakers who incorporate multiple art forms into their creative practices
Work on individual projects in communion with others
Receive regular tips on how to boost your storytelling using photos, paintings, music, and other art forms
Notes2Post is the system I designed to help writers organize, plan, and improve the quality of their weekly writing projects.
This is a three-step, image-based system that helps writers develop healthier storytelling habits and focus on a single theme for the week.
You can learn more about Notes2Post by subscribing and reading the weekly stories and tips I share.
In addition, I offer the following resources:
The Notes2Post Course: a 4-week, cohort-based, virtual course that includes instruction in how to set up and use the system, application activities, and weekly discussions with your peers.
The N2P Toolkit: A self-guided version of the course.
The Memory Vault Workshop: a 90-minute workshop in how to use your Memory Vault image library to plan, draft, and write Bite-Sized stories of under 300 words.
Coaching for Storytellers: 3 levels of individual coaching based on your goals and opportunities for writing more efficiently and effectively.
Writing Toolkit Boosters: One-page worksheets and checklists
The stories I share
My primary genres are memoir and narrative nonfiction essays, both of which I create using the Notes2Post framework. Using this system has enabled me to refine my craft and protected me from burnout.
My stories fall into the following categories:
What you can expect as a free subscriber
A weekly newsletter featuring Note2Post stories and tips on how to boost your storytelling power through improved planning, organizing, and better focus on a single theme.
Daily short-form story samples and writing tips (delivered as Notes)
Monthly featured stories: memoir or narrative essays
Substack Live events
Benefits for paid subscribers
In addition to the above, paid subscribers receive the following:
Access to the Writers Inspired by the Arts community at no additional charge
Discounts on courses, workshops, and coaching efforts
Recordings of all Substack Live events
Specialized weekly chat with more intensive writing support (coming in 2026)
About me
I taught at Columbia University for 15 years before serving as a subject matter expert for one of the first online courses in business writing for non-native speakers of English.
Within a few months of starting that project, I pivoted into the digital learning space, leaving students and academia behind for corporate and higher education clientele.
I soon became familiar with the vicissitudes of the start-up lifestyle and periods of unemployment during which I focused on writing, blog-style.
After two other full-time jobs came and went, I landed a contract with one of the learning divisions at McKinsey and Company.
Five years later, after my contract with McKinsey ended, I realized that the time had come for me to focus on working for myself. And for you.
Since coming to Substack, I have overcome some start-up challenges of my own. I turned these potential roadblocks into an opportunity by developing the N2P system to promote healthier writing habits and quality storytelling.
The Writers Inspired by the Arts community is the nexus of everything I’ve ever done, incorporating my passions for teaching, writing, and photography with the opportunity to help others navigate and grow their creative practice.
I invite you to engage fully with others in our community who are working toward achieving the same goals as you.
How to make the most of The Bite-Sized Storytelling Boost
Subscribe: Start with a free subscription if you want to get to know me and what I offer.
Engage with me via Notes. A conversation there can lead to us learning from one another.
Treat yourself to a paid subscription to get the full benefit of my writing resources.
Download the resources you need to boost your storytelling powers: toolkits, worksheets, and more.
Join Writers Inspired by the Arts and learn about how other art forms can play a role in your writing routine. Write in community with others.
I’m happy to answer any questions you have about The Bite-Sized Storytelling Boost and how I can help you develop healthier writing habits!
Bless you and thank you!