Noelle Derodes

Aspiring writer.

A little too earnest
for a sarcastic website,
a little too new for a serious one.

I’m going to lay all my cards on the table.

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an author.

I also can’t remember a time when a well-meaning adult didn’t say, “be careful, writers make no money.”

Years stacked up like unopened mail, and I often told myself, “someday.” Other times, I said, “that’s a silly dream. Haven’t you be to a library? There are enough books in the world.”

Still, something calls to me, and I’m finally answering .

I’m not going to hide it from you: my YouTube channel, my Instagram, this website— it all exists so I can, one day, tell you a story. I think it’s best you know that upfront.

Until that day comes, how about we get to know each other? Here’s more about me, here’s my channel and my social media, and here’s my Miniature Method writing community.

Feel free to say hi anywhere and everywhere! I’d love to know: What’s the dream you’ve always held tight? How is it calling to you now?

A woman with short dark hair and a bright smile, wearing a tan jacket, sitting in a dimly lit restaurant or bar.

Some books I’ve loved throughout my life:

Stargirl

Little Women

The Truth about Forever

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Hour of the Star

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Goose Girl

The Velveteen Rabbit

Anne of Green Gables

The Little Prince

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Agatha Christie Novels

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

A Man for All Seasons

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Anxious People

Sense and Sensibility

Project Hail Mary

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

The Artist's Way

• Stargirl • Little Women • The Truth about Forever • The Anthropocene Reviewed • The Hour of the Star • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane • The Goose Girl • The Velveteen Rabbit • Anne of Green Gables • The Little Prince • To All the Boys I've Loved Before • 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle • Agatha Christie Novels • We Have Always Lived in the Castle • A Man for All Seasons • The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender • Anxious People • Sense and Sensibility • Project Hail Mary • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow • The Artist's Way