Welcome.

My name is Tonia.

I’m a writer, a maker, a caretaker, and a passionate learner. I write from the green woods of the Pacific NW, where I live with my family and a handful of animals.

I believe in a slow life, slow craft, in work done with attentiveness and love.

It is my joy to send the words I write here out into the world and trust that they will arrive exactly when and where they are needed.  If you have come here to visit, I am grateful. I hope you will find something lovely or thought-provoking - at least honest - to carry away with you.  Thank you for coming.  Thank you for reading.

Peace keep you.

(I’m a current MFA candidate in Fiction (it’s never too late, friends!) and incoming Fiction Editor for Portland Review. You can find some of my stories in places like Dark Mountain, Pathos Literary Magazine, and Pile Press.)