Welcome to Drafts, Deals & Detours, where I share the inside scoop of how I’m building a literary life by refusing to stay in one lane.
On Substack: @Writer-ish and @Drafts, Deals & Detours. Also: Bestselling novelist, published in 11 languages. And: Micro prose author, essayist, editor, teacher. Super proud of: Poetry Society of America fellowship. Writes from: Island of Hawaiʻi.
I'm an author, artist, and creative writing professor who writes and draws about the messy and meaningful act of making art and telling stories.
Where craft meets life. Helping writers transform everyday moments into powerful micro prose and personal narratives.
An endless entanglement of art and language, prose and paint, seam and stitch. All art and words are copyright@2025 by National Book Award finalist Beth Kephart.