ABOUT
Mabel
I am a writer and creator.
For me, creating is right up there with breathing. I write stories, scribble poems, and doodle in my bullet journal. Plus other things.
These days I spend much of my time living in the imaginary world of Jacquard’s Flight, exploring what it means to be yourself in a world that may not want you to be at all.
I have been making art in various forms my whole life.
Novel in progress
JACQUARD’S FLIGHT
a young adult fantasy
Jacquard, an aerialist who lives at the circus with her Uncle Baxter and a talking hawk named Hedy, has a secret: In the woods, Jacquard transforms into a green-skinned monster…
Poetry
Watching the Oscars
published in
Little Patuxent Review
To the Poet—S. K.—
on Channel WNET-13
published in
Bourgeon
Factually
published in
Bourgeon
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