📝 M.I.D Newsletter: issue #1
🧠 The M.I.D Newsletter
— Minds In Design —
Issue #1: Welcome to the Beginning
From Makitia’s Desk
Hey friends,
Welcome to the very first issue of The M.I.D Newsletters! I’m so glad you’re here. Whether you’ve just discovered my work or have been following along from the start, this space is where I’ll share my creative journey—honestly, personally, and with purpose.
Minds In Design isn’t just a name—it’s what drives me. It represents the process of storytelling, the messy and beautiful act of building something from thought alone. It also represents me: someone who struggled to be heard in the real world but found her clearest voice on the page.
✍️ How It Started: A Writer Before I Believed I Was One
I’ve always loved writing—but I didn’t always believe I could do anything with it.
In third grade, I wrote wild fantasy and dramatic love stories with zero structure and all the feelings. I stopped. Then came tenth grade, when writing found me again… until I walked away once more. For years, I convinced myself that writing could never be a career, that dreaming that big would only set me up for disappointment.
But in 2022, something changed. I started writing again—not for success or perfection, but because I couldn’t stay away. In December 2023, I published my first professional book. I finally understood something: anything you're passionate about deserves to be taken seriously. Even if it seems impossible. Even if you're scared.
Writing gives me confidence. It's the outlet I turn to when I feel like I can’t express myself out loud. It's where I heal. Where I grow. And I want you to know: you don’t have to be traditionally successful to be a real writer. You just have to write—and not give up.
📚 What I’m Working On
Right now, I’m preparing to release my next book:
✨ Until Time Remembers ✨
📆 Coming August 2025
This is the first installment in my supernatural mystery-thriller series Where Time Can’t Exist. It’s your introduction to Burrington—a town that shouldn’t exist anymore, one that only comes alive at night, and where time itself refuses to move forward.
The story follows Beck Escarra, a young filmmaker whose obsession with forgotten places draws her into a town buried in history and haunted by more than just ghosts. As she uncovers its chilling secrets, she realizes escaping Burrington might cost more than her life—it might cost her time, her identity, and everything she thought she understood about reality.
This book blends horror, mystery, suspense, and a touch of sci-fi, rooted in emotional stakes and atmospheric storytelling. It's one of the most personal and imaginative things I've ever created, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
📕 Latest Release: Criminal Plague
If you haven’t picked it up yet, my most recent novel Criminal Plague is available now on Amazon.
It’s the confessional autobiography of Michelle Hartmann, a powerful New York attorney who spent decades manipulating the justice system for her own gain—keeping predators, murderers, and monsters out of prison and on the streets. This story isn’t about redemption. It’s about power, corruption, and the damage one person can do when the rules are nothing more than tools.
If you enjoy dark character studies, unsettling truths, and stories that dig into the rot behind success, this one’s for you.
🎭 Behind the Scenes: 32 Stories, One Truth
Alongside my full-length novels, I’m working on something incredibly close to my heart:
A short story collection titled It Ended By Beginning.
It’s made up of 32 stories, each one inspired by a quote, with every story focused on identity.
You’ll encounter characters wrestling with truth, transformation, revelation—and not always in ways that feel clean or hopeful. Some stories are haunting. Some are sharp, dramatic, strange, or soft. I wrote them in different voices and genres, but each one is rooted in the idea that stories help us understand who we are—or who we fear becoming.
This project is a tribute to experimentation, vulnerability, and emotional storytelling. And in future issues, I’ll share sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes breakdowns, and possibly a few exclusive stories just for you.
📝 Writer’s Tip of the Month
Real talk.
What I’m about to say might be obvious. It might make me sound ridiculous for not realizing it sooner. But I’m going to say it anyway—because it’s real, and it might help someone else.
Do not expect success right away. Or even at all.
Don’t write a book and assume it’ll take off. Don’t write ten and expect bestseller status. Yes, it’s possible. And yes, I hope it happens for you. But if you build your expectations around it, you’ll hurt yourself.
When I published my first book, I thought, this is it—everyone’s going to buy it. It didn’t happen. I made three sales: one from me, one from my mom, and one from a kind stranger. It was discouraging. But it was also a reality check.
Please—do not write to make money fast. Write because you love it. Write because you have to. The truth is, you and I are competing with millions of books on Amazon alone, and thousands more are published every single day. You’re wedged between a mountain of voices.
But here’s what matters: You’re writing. You’re putting something into the world that didn’t exist before you imagined it. That’s worth something. Don’t let unrealistic expectations crush your passion.
Dream big. Then wake up, and do the work anyway.
Write the story because it matters to you. And put it out there for the chance—not the guarantee—of success.
📣 Join the Journey
Want to follow along as I build these worlds, explore new voices, and grow into the writer I’ve always wanted to be?
📖 Visit my blog: mindsndesign.blogspot.com
📸 Follow me on Instagram: @mindsndesign
There’s so much more to come—and I’m honored to have you with me, right from the start.
With love,
Makitia
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