About The Noble Try (TNT 🧨)
W E L C O M E
If you’re here, I’m hoping you’re someone who reads the acknowledgement section of a book before diving in. Welcome, friend. You’re in good company.
what I’m doing here
Mining my inner-conflicts: motherhood & autonomy ⚡️ ambition & surrender ⚡️ sovereignty & culture. My writing is sometimes mordant, sometimes tender, but the mess is intentional, and the through-line is uplift.
I’m a walking hot spot: holding all my ironies and points of friction in constant, oppositional tension. These contradictions used to give me rashes and make me grind out bits of teeth. But then I realized: everything good gets born in the rub.
Above all, I am for people. With Pollyannic, indefatigable hope.
what to expect
Paid Subscribers: Sunday evenings, I send out loose, intimate pieces called Raw Material. We have a very solid community of readers and wonderful discussions in the comments. Think of these as: questions asked.
Free Subscribers: Once a month, I deliver longer, tidier pieces to the whole community. Think of these as: questions answered.
+ a mini manifesto
This is not advice. You will not find “how to get more subs” and “how to improve your __ in __ ways” content. Gurus and salesmen give me the creeps. Metrics collapse meaning. We can’t live or make art with one ear to the Chorus.
You’re the one who knows what you’re called to explore and what your life is for. Only you can fall through the mysterious trap doors of your psyche.
This is me, on my way down. I hope to see you in the free fall.
acknowledgements
These writings would not be possible without Cherry Louisious, who spends time with my children so I can write.
Thank you also, to my husband, Christopher, for reading every draft three minutes before I hit the publish button.
And to
whose guidance makes everything better. She’s with me from the existential to the grammatical: “Is my spirit being properly reflected in this sliver of the Internet?” “Did I mix up a homophone?” (If you see a typo, it’s because I tinkered without her.)
