Today Red Rose Thorns published my essay “How I Became My Own Dudley Do-Right.” The editors were wonderful to work with, and I’m glad that my essay spoke to them.

I hear writers say that if a story keeps hounding you, you need to write about it. And so I kept trying to write this essay, but it took me a long time to get it right. I would start to write it, but when I read it, it always fell flat. Then one day I decided to write my essay as a letter, and it clicked.

Trigger warning: This story is about a guy who pulled my tube top down in public, leaving me exposed in front of our group of friends. It’s also the story of me becoming my own hero!

To read my essay, click here: “How I Became My Own Dudley Do-Right”