Welcome to Creative Living Diaries

We tell stories.

Creative expression is how we stay alive.

That’s why I write here—to be alive with you.

I’m a confessional writer of personal essays and creative non-fiction. Currently, I’m fixated on 1990s NYC, where I was in my 20s, but I do also explore the 70s and 80s, and occasionally our current reality.

Inside Creative Living Diaries, you’ll find:

✨ Essays on creativity, spirituality, culture, and whatever else insists on being written, inspired by my memory

✨ My artwork (primarily digital drawings)

✨ A long journal-style roundup of links, photos, and thoughts on the last day of every month

✨ Updates on my novel writing process plus all the things I’m doing instead of writing

Paid subscribers get:

✨Monthly behind-the-scenes extras like videos and live chats

Meet Lori-Lyn

If we were meeting in person, I’d introduce you to my pug and tell you I live in a slightly haunted house with my partner.

I’m GenX. Aquarius sun and moon, Capricorn rising.

I’m an aunt.

I’m currently writing a YA novel.

I still think about the clothes in Pretty in Pink and Desperately Seeking Susan more often than is reasonable.

I love:

🌙 Sitting under the moon and stars

🌿 Gardening for pollinators

☕ Morning coffee rituals

🔮 Oracles and intuitive chats

🛍️ Vintage + thrift store finds

✨ Quiet, unscheduled creative days

🌲 Slow, easy hikes

🌈 Social justice, freedom, and joy for all

So please, come in, take off your shoes, here’s a cup of coffee. The incense is already lit.

If this feels like your kind of party (the kind where we curl up on a mossy blanket and leaf through 1970s hippie cookbooks), please hit subscribe and stay awhile.

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