Welcome to my blog and website. My name is Jessilen. I am a lover of words and wild places. Already a successful small-town entrepreneur, in the summer of 2020 amid the first wave of the global pandemic, I decided to go back to school and earn my English degree. While my degree is still in progress, I have decided to take my entrepreneurial experience in a new direction and officially launch my freelancing career.

On this website you will find useful resources like my portfolio, services and contact information. Under writing samples you will find stories on the journey of becoming a writer, and being a better human. You will also find things like book reviews, opinion pieces, and even the occasional poem. I also write short stories and other works of fiction, mainly in the speculative fiction and fantasy genres, and I will be adding a section for those in the near future.

Finally, on this blog you will find a lot of personal essays and stories about grief, dealing with trauma, and living with an adult ADHD diagnosis. I believe these are all issues worth talking about, because our most broken pieces are also the things that connect us to one another. And sharing stories like these can help bring visibility to the kinds of struggles that make us feel isolated and imperfect. But there is beauty in the imperfection, and the purpose of telling stories is to help us see that beauty in ourselves and each other.

Because we are all just stories in progress.