Today we’d like to introduce you to Nicole DeGeorge.
Hi Nicole, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I didn’t start writing because I had a master plan. I started writing because my mom was dying.
At the time, words were the only way I could place all the things I didn’t know how to handle. The fear, the anticipatory grief, the ache of watching someone you love slowly slip into another world. Writing became my way of breathing through it. I was just trying to survive those days, and somewhere in that survival, a book on grief began to take shape.
That first book taught me something unexpected. When you tell the truth about hard things, people don’t pull away, they lean in. I realized that vulnerability has a gravity to it. It brings people together. So, I kept going.
Since then, I’ve continued writing about difficult feelings and stories that connect us. And somehow, along the way, writing stopped being just a coping mechanism and became my calling. Turns out, some of my greatest heartbreaks have also opened the door to my purpose.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It’s been winding and messy.
I had to learn how to be brave in public with very private pain. Writing honestly means reopening wounds and choosing vulnerability when hiding would be much easier. It means trusting that your story matters even when your voice is shaking while re-telling it.
However, that taught me how to sit with discomfort and that healing is very far from linear. So no, the road hasn’t been smooth, but it’s been meaningful. Besides, smooth roads don’t make great stories. It’s the potholes that do.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m an author who writes emotionally immersive literary stories about grief, identity, love, and “becoming”. I specialize in narratives rooted in real emotional experience. I write mostly about women navigating loss, displacement, and transformation. I’m especially drawn to writing stories that explore what happens when life doesn’t go according to plan.
I’m known for my lyrical prose, emotional honesty, and for creating stories that feel both deeply personal and universally relatable.
What I’m most proud of is what I also think sets me apart, which is my ability to turn lived experience into meaningful storytelling. I don’t shy away from hard topics, while simultaneously braiding in hope.
What matters most to you? Why?
What matters most to me is connection. Helping people feel seen in their hardest moments, and reminding them they’re not alone.
I care deeply about telling honest stories. About naming different types of grief without letting it swallow you. About honoring the versions of ourselves we’ve had to leave behind while still making room for who we’re growing into.
My most recent work, which is not yet published, is written for anyone who has ever felt homesick for a version of themselves they had to leave behind. That theme, grieving who you were while learning how to become who you are, runs through almost everything I create.
I want and hope for my writing to feel like an understanding friend. After all, at the end of the day, stories don’t just entertain us. They sometimes also remind us of who we are.
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