Starting the Next Chapter: Writing The Beast Within

When I finished We Will Stone Him, I thought I understood the weight of telling my story. I thought I knew what it meant to open old wounds, to revisit the shadows, and to speak truths I had carried in silence for far too long. But beginning the second book in this trilogy — The Beast Within — has already shown me that healing is not a straight line. It is a spiral. Each turn brings me back to familiar places, but with new eyes and a stronger heart.

This next book dives deeper into the years when survival was not just emotional — it was physical, spiritual, and psychological. These were the years when the “beast” was not just the world around me, but the one I had unknowingly internalized. The voice that told me I was not enough. The fear that kept me small. The shame that did not belong to me but clung to me anyway.

Writing this book means confronting that beast head‑on.

It means telling the truth about the battles I fought behind closed doors.
It means acknowledging the moments when I did not think I would make it.
And it means honoring the resilience that carried me through, even when I did not recognize it as strength at the time.

But this book is not just about pain.
It is about transformation.

It is about the slow, stubborn rise from the ashes — the beginning of reclaiming my voice, my identity, and my future. It is about learning that healing does not erase the past; it rewrites the meaning of it.

As I begin writing The Beast Within, I am reminded that sharing these chapters is not just for me. It is for every survivor who has ever felt trapped by their own internal battles. It is for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and seen a version of themselves shaped by someone else’s cruelty. And it is for those who are still fighting, still rising, still searching for the light that trauma tries to steal.

Thank you for walking this journey with me — through the darkness, through the truth, and now into the next stage of healing. Your support, your reflections, and your willingness to show up matter more than you know.

I will be sharing updates as this book takes shape.
For now, I am stepping back into the fire — not to be burned, but to forge what comes next.