"If a story is in you, it has to come out."
— William Faulkner

I came across this quote not long ago, and it captured something I had only recently begun to understand about myself.

Storytelling has always been part of my life. As a child, I spent hours writing, imagining, and exploring ideas through stories—whether at creative writing camps, in school assignments, or inventing the latest haunted tale to share with friends.

Like many people, I followed a different professional path as an adult. My career grew in the world of strategy and marketing, where writing and storytelling became tools for helping organizations communicate ideas and shape their narratives.

But fiction never fully let go of me.

When I began writing my first novel, it felt less like starting something new and more like returning to something that had been waiting quietly in the background for years.

The stories that began to emerge were shaped by the questions that have long fascinated me—how history echoes into the present, how symbols carry meaning across generations, and how relationships and memory can transcend the boundaries of time.

My debut novel, The Harbinger: A Triquetra Chronicle, is the first book in a series that explores those themes through dual timelines, historical intrigue, and metaphysical mystery.

Today, writing fiction feels less like a new pursuit and more like rediscovering something that was always there.

And if Faulkner is right, perhaps some stories simply insist on being told.