ESSAYIST & EDITOR
Writing & anthology projects centering matrescence, maternal estrangement, identity and the capacity to Love.
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Current Projects
The Matrescence Review
TMR is a literary journal devoted to writing and art on motherhood as transformation and becoming. The journal publishes essays, poetry, hybrid work, interviews, and visual art that explore matrescence, estrangement, identity, ambivalence, and the shifting terrain of maternal experience. In Development. Submission Invites Forthcoming
Essays & Anthologies
My writing explores matrescence, maternal estrangement, identity, and psychological transformation. My work has appeared in literary publications and anthologies, including No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, an indie bestselling anthology featuring my essay “A Sister’s Salve.” Alongside my essays, I am developing my first anthology project focused on estrangement and impact on our the capacity to Love. Get on the interest list.
Workshops
I am developing generative writing workshops centered on maternal experience, transformation, and literary craft. These workshops emphasize psychological depth, close attention, and embodied approaches to writing motherhood beyond cliché and simplification. Book proposal coaching available by referral only.
About Danielle
I am an essayist and editor writing on matrescence, maternal estrangement, and the psychological and existential transformations of motherhood. My work explores identity in flux — the ambivalence, rupture, intimacy, and becoming that shape maternal experience.
My writing has appeared in literary publications and anthologies, including No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, an indie bestselling anthology featuring my essay “A Sister’s Salve.” I previously served as a book review editor for Literary Mama and as a developmental editor for a hybrid publishing press.
My background spans birth work, maternal mental health support, and medical research, where I co-authored scholarly publications and textbook chapters.
I am the founding editor of The Matrescence Review, a literary journal devoted to motherhood as a process of becoming.
Read my latest essay: “A Sister’s Salve” in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement