I have always been a creative person but I mostly kept my work for myself. My creations, ranging from interior decoration, furniture design, earrings, clothing, were mostly aimed at making myself at home in a new flat or at giving me that extra touch in my accessories.

But writing was there before all that. It all started with letters: I had several penfriends when I was young and friends and family have been the recipients of many of my handwritten letters. It evolved in writing poems and later in stories about the life in the countries I lived in.

Lauca – Photo by Kay Abaño

In 2020 the intense wish to dedicate more time to writing and create stories brought me to start this website. I wanted to discover how it feels to write a book from start to end and since then I have published my first novel, Returning East and a micro stories collection. It has been both rewarding in terms of writing as well as a great learning process. It was not only about the writing craft but also about all the necessary knowledge needed to self-publish a book. 

Fast forward to 2025. Many things happened in the last couple of years, more responsabilities at work, family challenges, a new project not related to writing, all of which took – and still take – much time and energy. My writing time has been drastically reduced. I had been quite upset and disappointed about it, which caused only pressure and no joy in writing. I have though taken a more conscious step back and accept that at the moment my priorities lie somewhere else. 

I also decide to stop publishing on the website and moved my writing to a new platform: Substack. I am actually quite enjoy this medium as I can combine different writing: I publish micro stories, I share more private text and write about Traditional Chinese Medicine, my newest project. I am very passionate about qigong (www.qibloom.de) and I would like to specialize in medical qigong as well as in nutrition. I plan to start posting qigong videos as well.

As usual I have many ideas, but never enough time. And yet, I keep going on my journey, sharing my stories and my passions with whoever is interested.