Are You Having Enough Fun?!
On The Map is the embrace of New England in every season and a cool blast of nostalgia. Ice cold dirty martinis with an attractively hot plate of French fries. A sprawling literary memoir, the magic of a winter forest, and the seduction of ocean waves. Effervescence alongside freshly shucked oysters, feeling the bubbles and brine as they levitate your spirit. OTM is collecting hotel key cards, maintaining lifelong friendship, obsessing over antique soda bottles, and relishing an in flight meal. We are here for strong espresso, happy kids, après ski, and loves enduring power.
I live in North Andover, Massachusetts with my husband and our two young sons — Camden (6) and Ryder (4). I have worked in Digital Health for fifteen years implementing and supporting the Epic Application at Mass General Brigham Healthcare. I am currently seeking agency representation for my memoir.
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While publishing this newsletter, I thought about what else do I feel connected to in this life? Yes, I love writing — about travel and food, books and experiences, relationships and my kids. But what are the dreams I shyly tucked away.
With my writing on a spiritually guided trajectory, I felt it somewhere deep, from an energetic well, a tug at my soul — go that way, do this now.
It’s not delusion when you understand how intuition works. Right? RIGHT?!
The journey itself is a good one if it’s complex and twisted fate, involving of grit and determination. I naively set out to break into a world where my genre of choice turned out to be the hardest fought. Everyone has a story. A vast and voracious collection of writers want to tell theirs. The number of trauma-infused to merely bruised white girl bare it all narratives have been done and done again. Exceptionally well.
Why should you care about mine? Because we need outrageous rebellious dysfunctional intuitively guided stories from a radically authentic coming of age in the 1990s and 2000s. A time before ALL THIS and as the timeline propelled right into it! (Social Media and its power. A creative net worth based on subscriber numbers and likes.) I believe the world needs a candid look at LOVE, high functioning ADDICTION, SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, and WRITING from a coming of age when navigating social media was not the point. The point is a connection with each other at a soul level, and with the earth, and with a realm beyond what we can see. The point is mind-to-mind, and body-to-body. The point is to have wild reckless fun while we figure it all out.
Why me? If you believe like I believe, in synchronicity and magic, that’s why. If you don’t, that’s also why.
I’ve existed on the edge of my written experiences based on limiting beliefs. Fear. You, are not them. Well of course. You are only, you. Which is not the entire point but a part of it. The creative spirit persists — my stories didn’t feel exactly right for my newsletter — they felt right: for a book. A memoir.
Please reach out [kfent21@gmail.com] to inquire a synopsis, sample pages, or the full manuscript {300 pages}.
You’ll know when it’s me and I’ll know when it’s you. Thank you endlessly in advance for aiding in my pursuit to traditionally publish.
Keep scrolling for links to my writing as well as reader testimonials.
This is so, so beautifully written. I love it. Thank you for sharing with the world! You inspire me to be creative, to travel, to be in touch with an inner spirituality, and to love the bigger and smaller moments of my life. ~ Aimee D.
Welcome, Subscribers. You can expect:
Key Ingredients. Once a month soul nourishing fucks given.
Travel Guides to inspire your wanderlust. We are on a journey to find beauty and the best kept recommendations everywhere on the map. Start on Cape Cod and travel throughout New England and beyond.
Inspiration to Follow Your Bliss. Live a fully carbonated life. We’re going for ultimate joy and creativity amidst the grind.
Cultivate a mindset of gratitude. With an abundance of everything — we can’t watch, listen, read, consume or do: it all. I’m grateful you’ve chosen me.
I LOVED reading your article and perusing the photos. They were so warm and vibrant, I went on a miniature mind-vacation! You really capture the energy and spirit of the places you travel to. ~ Kay M.
🍒Reader Testimonials
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🎨 “I absolutely LOVE reading your weekly blogs on Substack. It has been such a delight! Thank you for sharing and allowing yourself to be vulnerable; you inspire so many others.” ~ Meaghan G.
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🌌 “Now I want to go here. I was relaxed and inspired reading this!” ~ Whitney B.
“This was a testament to your inner beauty. Keep speaking your truth so we can all delight in your journey.” ~ Laurie T.
“I love your European travels. I feel like I’m there… and if not I want to be there! Your descriptions are incredible” ~ Cindy R.
The Universe called. They’re asking you to tell your story. Well, you’ve always been telling your story, because you’ve always been listening. Only now they’re transmitting: how about we work together, to turn the journals you’ve kept your entire life — into a manuscript! And because you are writing a BOOK, with a plot, a core wound, and character arcs, we need to give it a much tighter narrative. You need to understand that memoir is a slice of your life, maybe even the whole pie, but certainly not the entire bakery. You will write scenes that serve a purpose and sequels that allow clarity. You will move the story along at a pace that is exciting and fulfilling to the reader and one that allows your creativity to flow as a writer.
There is a writer high, and a writer come down. Keep writing your book, the Universe said. At every intersection of questioning my faith in myself as a writer, their signs propelled me forward in my divinely guided journey. Keep going, don't stop, keep going.
Also - this part right now? IS THE BEST PART.
BEAUTY IS EVERYWHERE. What is hard fought is that way for a reason. From chaotic to mundane, overwhelming to ordinary, among the grit of life, Good Things Are Going to Happen. 🔮
Thanks so much for being here!
xx,
