✍🏽Minds In Design: A Home for Imagination
1. Writing As My Lifeline 💭
I don’t write because it’s cute. I don’t write because it’s trendy. I don’t write because I thought one day, “Hey, maybe I should crank out a book, slap a cover on it, and call myself an author.”
No. I write because I’d lose myself without it.
For me, writing isn’t a hobby - it’s oxygen. It’s the way I keep myself stitched together when everything else tries to unravel. People who’ve known me long enough will tell you I’m not great with conversation. I stumble, I overthink, I stay quiet when I should probably speak. But the page? The page has always listened. The page never interrupts, never rolls its eyes, never tells me I’m being too much. The page is my confessional, my sanctuary, my battlefield, and my best friend.
So when I created Minds In Design, I wasn’t thinking about business plans or logos or quarterly reports. I was thinking about survival. I was thinking: If the world can’t hear me, maybe it can read me.
Some people climb mountains 🏔️, some run marathons 🏃, some throw themselves into careers that make sense on paper. Me? I throw myself into words.
I know I’m not alone in this feeling - that for some people, the page listens better than any person ever could. That’s who I write for. That’s who Minds In Design is for.
2. The Birth of Minds In Design 🌱
So, why “Minds In Design”? Because that’s exactly what this is: designing with the mind, for the mind. I didn’t want to be just “another author” tucked into the farthest corner of the internet. I wanted to build something bigger than myself, a hub, a company, a little world where imagination isn’t just encouraged but demanded.
Minds In Design is my way of saying: Stories matter. Imagination matters. Words matter.
And no, not in the pretentious “words will save the world” kind of way (though wouldn’t that be nice 🌍). But in the sense that stories shape how we see ourselves. They echo in our heads when we’re trying to fall asleep. They help us feel less alone.
When I say I bring imagination to life, I mean it literally. My job isn’t just to entertain; it’s to build stories that stick. Stories that follow you. Stories that crawl under your skin 🕷️ and remind you weeks later of something you felt while reading them.
Minds In Design was born because I needed a place where that love could live without limits.
3. My Work: A Walk Through My Books 📚
Here’s the part where I tell you what I’ve written. But instead of just giving you a boring list, let me take you through why each work exists, what it means, not just to me but hopefully to you.
Poetry Collections ✒️
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It Hurt Beautifully 💔🌹
Raw. Pain and beauty inseparable. Not pretty poetry - it bleeds a little. -
Because I Felt Everything 🌊
Embracing emotions - all of them, messy or not. Refusing to apologize for being “too much.” -
Because I’m Still Breathing 🌬️❤️
Survival poetry. A reminder that if you’re still breathing, you’re still here.
These three collections are my emotional roadmap. For anyone who’s ever been told they’re “too much.” Spoiler alert: you’re not.
Short Story Collections 📖
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It Ended By Beginning 🔄
Thirty-two stories. Thirty-two ways to see the world crack, heal, or both. Haunting, hopeful, lingering. -
The Withering Orchard 🍏🌑
A dark standalone that ties into my Where Time Can’t Exist series. An invitation into a cursed world.
Experiments in Storytelling 🖋️
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Paper Ghosts 👻📜
Fragments, letters, voices. Like peeking into a diary you shouldn’t be reading. -
The Mind’s Keepsake 🕯️
A book of quotations - because sometimes a single sentence can shift everything.
4. The Process and the Sacrifice ⚔️
Let me be blunt: writing is exhausting.
People like to imagine authors sitting in coffee shops ☕, typing away with serene smiles while inspiration rains down like confetti 🎉. Cute image, right? Reality check: writing is staring at the same sentence for an hour, rewriting it six times, then deleting it entirely.
And because I’m an independent author, I don’t have the luxury of a giant team polishing my words, designing my covers, or marketing my books. I do it. I oversee it. I bleed into every stage of the process.
I don’t half-ass this. If I did, I wouldn’t still be here.
5. Readers: The Other Half of the Conversation 🤝
Here’s the truth: writing feels personal, but it’s not just about me. It’s about you.
I can pour myself into every word, but without a reader, it’s only half a story. Readers complete the loop. You take my words, filter them through your own experiences, and make them into something I could never have imagined. That’s magic ✨.
Support matters. Not because I’m chasing yachts and fame (please, I’m an indie author. My yacht would be a kayak with a hole in it 🚣♂️💧). Support buys me time. Time to write. Time to create worlds.
When you buy a book, share a post, or tell a friend about Minds In Design, you’re not just supporting me - you’re keeping these stories alive.
6. The Manifesto: Why This Matters ❤️📜
If you’ve made it this far, thank you. Truly.
This isn’t just a company. It isn’t just a collection of books. It’s my lifeline. My love. My sanity.
Minds In Design exists because stories matter. Because imagination deserves space. Because writing is how I survive, and maybe - just maybe, it’s how you survive too.
I don’t do this for money. But I won’t lie: the support of readers is the only reason I can keep doing it without limits. And that’s why I’m asking: if you’ve connected with anything I’ve said here, step into my worlds.
🌐 mindsindesign.com - my online store
📝 mindsndesign.blogspot.com - my blog
If the page has ever listened to you, the way it listens to me, then we already understand each other.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading. Thank you for letting me keep bringing imagination to life. 💫 #Makitia #Mindsindesign #Themiduniverse #Midstories #Midcontent #Themindsindesignstore