We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Chiina Bloodmire a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Chiina, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

Without a doubt, the most meaningful project I’ve ever worked on is everything connected to the Bloodmire lineage. This world has lived in me for over two decades. I was around nine or ten years old when the Bloodmires started speaking to me, long before I had the words or tools to fully understand what I was creating. Now, at almost thirty-two, I can say with pride that Bloodmire has grown with me. It has matured through every version of myself and evolved alongside my own voice.

Mythical fiction and urban literature were always my safe places, still are. I grew up crafting stories with magic, and Bloodmire became the vessel that carried both. What started as a tale of a powerful family has become something far more… I didn’t just write a story… I built a world. One with a country, a state, universities, holidays, and a language I speak fluently. I created recipes and cookbooks rooted in lore, spellbooks layered with poetry, and characters that feel like my ancestors… Hell they are my ancestors.

Bloodmire is my bloodline. it’s spiritual. It’s my way of honoring the communities I come from. Bloodmire is a reflection of my lived experiences, my imagination, and my inheritance. I’ve spent my life turning memory into magic. And the world of Bloodmire continues to remind me that sometimes, we aren’t just the authors of our stories…

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

For those summoning me for the first time, my name is Chiina, and I’m a conjure woman with deep Jamaican-American ancestral ties. My work is not just a career, its my calling. My practice is rooted in over two decades of spiritual work, with a sharp focus on divination, healing, ritual, and reclamation. I’ve been walking this path long before I had the language to name it. I now carry that language fluently in the work I do… through spell, through story, and through service.

I’m a multi-genre author, dark poet, and spoken word artist. I’ve written and released three powerful books with two more on the way, each piece of work laced with raw truth, urban mythology, and ancestral energy. I don’t just tell stories, I aim to create experiences. I also offer creative and spiritual services including card readings, ritual guidance, cord-cutting work, ancestral healing support, custom spell work , and more. For fellow writers, I provide editing services, literary coaching, and ghostwriting support. I work closely with poets and spoken word artists as a mentor and coach, helping them sharpen their voices while holding space for their vulnerability and power.

What sets me apart is the way I marry craft with conjure. I don’t separate my spirituality from my creativity. My storytelling is infused with ritual, my readings are often layered in metaphor, and my mentorship is guided not just by technical skill but by energetic connection. I’ve created a fictional world called *Bloodmire* that mirrors the same depth and detail of my spiritual life, and it’s something I’ve nurtured since I was a child. Now, it’s evolved into books, rituals, recipes, and even an entire fictional state with its own language and culture. That world has taken on a life of its own, and it’s just one example of how I build immersive, healing, and transformational experiences for others.

What I’m most proud of is what I’ve accomplished in just one year of publicly stepping into this work full-time. I’ve built a solid foundation, released multiple books, mentored artists, guided spiritual clients through life-changing rituals, and created events that blend performance, community, and elevation.

If you take anything away from my work, let it be this: I am here to tell the stories that heal, the ones that haunt, and the ones that hold space for the unseen.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Honestly? It’s being able to fall in love over and over again… with my own damn characters. I get to read my work and be like, Who wrote this delicious masterpiece? Oh… me. That’s a powerful kind of happiness. I create entire worlds from scratch, build bloodlines with twisted histories and then I sit back with tea like I’m not the architect of their drama. Watching readers fall for them too, or watching them be haunted (as they should be) is the sweet spot.

But on a deeper level, the most rewarding part is the connection. Seeing someone read or hear my work and pause, really chill… because it tapped something ancient in them… that’s everything. I write with spirit, with shadow, with scent, with memory. My stories aren’t just stories… they’re offerings. And when someone receives them, it feels like a ritual well done.

Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?

Wheeeeewwww. Yes. I wish someone had sat me down early and whispered, *“Delegation is not a demon.”* I still spend too much time trying to be the entire creative team. Writer, editor, formatter, cover designer, publicist, medium,… All while still being a mother and magician in real life. I thought struggle was some sort of creative rite of passage when in reality… burnout doesn’t build your legacy, it just builds self resentment.

I also wish I’d known about grants and residencies and spaces where Black creators could just exist without having to constantly explain why our work matters. But honestly, every crooked path got me to where I am now: seasoned, spicy, and I’m still soft where it counts.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/ChiinaBloodmire
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Chiina_Bloodmire/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChiinaBloodmire
• Other: https://calendly.com/chiina_bloodmire

Image Credits

Sweater Bob
Chiina Bloodmire
Dana (HouseOfWaxx)