Hi, I’m Holly

I write fiction, non-fiction and between the publication of my books, I write a bestselling newsletter on Substack called, The Joy Rise. The Joy Rise is a publication about creativity, courage, and connection. And naming without shame the fears that stop us from making the stuff we love. Though I knew that I wanted to be a writer from the age of three, I lived for decades too scared to write. Learning how to write the stories I love despite the fears that kept me small for so long has changed the way I live. My hope for every dispatch of The Joy Rise that I send is that it might be a balm delivered to the inbox of anyone else whose artistic courage has ever felt flattened by fear.