I didn’t come into literature the “traditional” way. I wasn’t the straight-A English student who had it all figured out. I’m a late bloomer — someone who stumbled, paused, started over, and kept coming back to the page no matter how hard it got.

I’ve always loved words, but life made me doubt if they loved me back. I carried stories in my head while working, surviving, and trying to find where I belonged. Over time, I realized the very things I thought disqualified me — imperfection, starting late, feeling like an outsider — were my strengths.

GuiltMilk was born from that realization. It’s more than a publishing project; it’s a safe space. It’s where spilled ink, broken edges, and unfinished drafts are not weaknesses, but proof that we’re alive, creating, and refusing to give up.

Now, I’m writing my own fantasy novel while building this platform for others like me — for those who feel too different, too delayed, or too imperfect to belong in traditional literary spaces.

If that sounds like you, you belong here.

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Pour yourself a glass of GuiltMilk.

Read. Write. Share. Stumble. Rise. Repeat.