feisty mind

Between reality and imagination, I am many things: an aspiring author, a mother, a sportswoman, an ambitious corporate professional. This is not a perfectly curated life — it’s messy (and I hope you enjoy it) — because some of us weren’t built for still waters.

Here is where I lay it all down: the questions that haunt me, the quiet truths that won’t let go, the books that change me, the words that keep me awake at night, and the worlds I long to live in.

Feisty mind. Restless soul. Always moving toward the next chapter.

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  • Bits of black

    There was always a darkness in me that I’d tried to escape, pretending it was not there. I noticed very early in life, barely an adolescent, that I tend to spiral downwards. For all my positivity and belief that all will eventually be well, I can deal with a great deal of pain. I not

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  • Manacled (part 2)

    By SenLinYu. Soundtrack, meaning the only music I’ve heard for the last week while reading: Voilà – André Rieu, Johann Strauss Orchestra, Emma Kok. As expected, this book masterpiece emotionally destroyed me – so much so that I feel the need to pour it all out – in words, tears, and quietness. It’s a physical

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  • Not working

    Writting only outside of the house is not working. It’s not enough time for consistent progress, so I need to come up with a better strategy. Failing is not an option.

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  • Sometimes you just need a reminder

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  • Not sure how to do it

    Review and edit until exhaustion chapter by chapter is not working. As soon as I decide to add something or go back for more information, I need to do it all over again. Maybe I have to settle with the fact that I will write a full book as a first draft, and then I

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  • Side plot

    Struggling with plots in my book. Several stories are happening at the same time, like crossed wires, but I still think that it is not enough for two 500-page books. Which is my initial goal. After my last two books, realized several things: With this in mind, will need to make an unexpected side plot.

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  • Manacled

    By SenLinYu. After several months of postponement, decided that it was time. Another piece of information about me, I am a Harry Potter fan. The kind of fan who reads the books more than 5 times each, in English and Portuguese (my mother tongue). The kind of fan that uses daily golden snitches as earrings,

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  • Reading Challenge 2025

    So the goal this year is to read 52 books. One per week only. The goal last year was 40 books and I doubled it, with 80 books read in 2024, excluding the re-reads. It was an excess and it cannot happen in 2025. Discipline. Control. I can do it.

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  • Nocticadia

    By Keri Lake. The first 5* book of 2025. An exact mix of an amazing thriller plot (science-based as I like it), mixed with romance, wonder places, and good smut. And the writing had the perfect depth, never cliché. It made me feel a lot of things. I tilted my head back towards the window

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  • Under water

    With everything except the book. Still in the office, I struggle with life choices. When I said in December “this is a topic for January”, I did not realize how many topics I had left it hanging. Nor how many would pop-up on my desk at the same time. Some days, the only thing I

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