When we show gratitude our hearts change in ways we wouldn't imagine, our brains start to process life a bit differently. We are more positive, we are kinder to other people, we become more content, and more humble.

So I decided to give you all a bit of insight into my chapbook Letters About Losing You (LALY) and my creative process, as well as some fun facts about me.

Christmas decorations are disappearing from living rooms and windows, champagne glasses and empty bottles of wine litter the floor. Soon, it will sink in that the holiday season has concluded and 2016 is ready to get down and fantastically dirty.

You daydream in the middle of the day about your goals and ambitions, doodling on notes of paper, or laying wide awake at night thinking about what you want to become