About the Author

My name is Gabrielle Rhody, and I am an INTJ Orthodox Christian who loves exploring truth with dragons (AKA a fantasy writer.) I was homeschooled through high school and majored in English Literature at Union University. When I am not reading or working with animals, I am working toward publishing a series of fantasy novels where I explore questions of ethics and theology that I struggle with in my own life. In my nonexistent spare time, I enjoy D&D, hunting, swimming, LARPing, and playing with my dogs, Estel and Morgana.

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.”

~ Isaiah 9:2 NKJV

I do not have much to my name, but I do have one thing. I have a King who defeated death and called me to proclaim His name, the name of Jesus. And I know the story that He wants me to tell.

In 2016, I was diagnosed with OCD and a depressive disorder, and it wrecked my world. As the symptoms got worse, I stopped being able to write and took a four year break from writing and blogging. When it felt most insurmountable, I even had to take a medical break from working. However, here I am, writing once again. And this is my story.

So maybe you should not listen to my writing tips—I am just an unpublished, inexperienced amateur. But hopefully, you will hear my purpose. God has called me to proclaim hope and truth to whoever will listen. Maybe this blog is not how I am supposed to reach people, but it is a step.

Because God will change the world and I will speak His truth.

“Forget not Master Valiant-for-the-Truth,

That man of courage, though a very youth.

Tell everyone his spirit was so stout,

No man could make him face about,

And how Great-Heart and he could not forbear

But put down Doubting Castle, slay Despair.”

~ John Bunyan “Pilgrim’s Progress”