We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Kindra Sowder. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Kindra below.
Kindra, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.
For me, every single project I have worked on or am working on is special and meaningful to me. There is one I am currently writing that is an homage to my past living in a narcissistic abusive household. It is my version of healing to unpack all that trauma. It follows the story of a thriller writer named Harper whose mother left their abusive father for a new life in rural South Carolina. Her mothers goes missing and she is forced to go home to help her brother find her. This project means a lot to me as a survivor of narcissistic abuse and I truly hope that this project also resonates with others.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I do offer some editorial services, but I primarily focus on writing. Writing has been a healing journey for me since high school. My work has always had an underlying theme of feminine rage and transformation, especially the Miss Hyde Collection and Permutation Archives. My newer works in progress follow the same trends, and my goal is for others to find inspiration to heal and transform as I have been working toward for years. So they can see that these moments of pain don’t define them.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The most rewarding aspect of being a creative is the joy and insight into themselves they have gained from reading my work.
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
I’ve learned a lot of hard lessons in my lifetime, but the hardest to unlearn was that the love of family is always unconditional. I grew up in a house that you were valued for what you could do for them, and what you were willing to tolerate. Even growing up, facing what I did during those formative years, I wanted to believe that the love I gained from those who raised me would always be there. That was not the case, and I learned this when they turned me away when I did not willingly tolerate manipulation and left my people-pleasing ways behind.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ksowderauthor/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmkinnaman
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@kindra.sowder.aut
Image Credits
These are all personal or images created by me,