✏️M.I.D Newsletter | Issue #3

 

M.I.D Newsletter – Issue #3

From Minds In Design | August 2025

✍️ Editor’s Note:

Let’s not waste time—unless of course, you’re reading Where Time Can’t Exist, in which case time isn’t exactly cooperating anyway.

Welcome to the third issue of the M.I.D newsletter. If you’re new here—welcome to the literary side of chaos. If you’ve been here since the beginning—hi again, thanks for still choosing to exist in this pocket of beautiful storytelling weirdness.

This issue? It’s loaded. Behind-the-scenes book content, sneak peeks into the next wave of projects, writing advice that actually makes space for being human, and of course, Beck Escarra’s time-warped debut as our Character of the Month.

Whether you're here for the writing tips or just trying to figure out how to feel something again through fiction—read on.

👉 Trust me. You’ll want to read this one to the end.

🧠 Company Update: Minds In Design Is Expanding (and Talking Back)

For those of you who’ve followed my books, blogs, or newsletters—you already know that Minds In Design is more than a brand. It’s a movement. A rebellion against surface-level storytelling. A home for stories that cut deep.

And now, we’re getting louder.

Coming August 2025: The Minds In Design Podcast on Spotify.
That’s right—we’re bringing these stories, ideas, behind-the-scenes breakdowns, and hard-hitting author conversations straight to your ears. Expect interviews, creative rants, writing truths no one tells you, and topics that you won’t find watered down for mainstream comfort. 

You’ll laugh. You’ll possibly cry. You’ll definitely want to write something by the end of each episode. Stay tuned. 

🔥 Book Trends for Writers Who Feel Stuck

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank page with the emotional energy of cold toast.

If you’re struggling to find what to write next, here are some current book trends that might just light the match:

  • Trauma-Informed Fiction: Readers are craving stories that feel real. Characters that have been through it and still get up the next day—messy, healing, and raw.

  • Speculative meets Literary: Think big concepts (like time breaking) but told through deeply personal lenses. Emotional sci-fi. Reality-bending romance. Existential thrillers.

  • Multi-format Storytelling: Books that include interviews, journal entries, transcripts, or hybrid structures are growing. (Wonder where you’ve seen that before, hmm?)

  • Revenge Stories with Heart: Characters taking their power back—emotionally, spiritually, or with literal fire. Readers want justice, but they want it to mean something.

💡 Need inspiration? One of my all-time favorites is Insomnia by Stephen King. It’s slow-burning, layered, unsettling, and weirdly beautiful. A masterclass in emotionally-driven storytelling that defies simple genre categories.

🌀 Where Time Can’t Exist:

Book One – Until Time Remembers

📘 Grab the book on Amazon

Burrington is cursed—and Beck Escarra walked right into it.

A small town forgotten by the world. A time loop no one understands. And a woman who dares to tell the story no one was meant to hear.
Until Time Remembers is more than a debut novel. It’s the beginning of an emotional epic that blends supernatural mystery with raw, poetic emotion.

And now, for those who haven’t cracked it open yet—you can read a free chapter on my blog:
📖 A Glimpse into Burrington

But wait—there’s more.

Behind the Clock

Throughout August, I’ll be rolling out a behind-the-scenes blog series exploring how the town of Burrington was built, the rules of time in the series, and even the alternate endings that never made it into print. It’s spoiler-free—but layered for longtime fans.

And now, an exclusive reveal…

Book Two of the series is titled:

🕳️ The Day That Time Broke
Yes, it’s real. Yes, it’s coming. And no—Beck’s not the only one haunted this time around.

✏️ Makitia’s Writing Corner

Here’s your reality check, wrapped in comfort and a little bit of fire:

You don’t have to write every day. Or every week.
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your story is step away from it.

Let it breathe. Live a little. Go feel something. Exist in the mess of your real life. Writing without living is like painting from a blank wall—you need something to reflect.

Your characters? They need your realness.
Your plot? It needs your chaos.
And you? You need time. Not guilt.

So if your manuscript has been sitting untouched, that doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means you’re gathering the right kind of fuel.

❓ Q&A with Makitia

We asked—you read. Here are a few brutally honest answers from behind the scenes of a working writer:

Q1: What’s the hardest part about writing emotionally-heavy stories?
Letting myself feel everything without losing myself in the process. You can’t write numb—but you also can’t stay bleeding forever. There’s a weird emotional alchemy to writing truthfully: you dig into your own pain, but you also have to know when to climb back out.

Q2: Have you ever wanted to stop writing?
Absolutely. Especially when I felt like my voice was disappearing in the noise of the industry. But every time I’ve thought about quitting, I’ve found that stories still find their way back to me. And honestly? That’s enough to keep going.

🌑 Character of the Month: Beck Escarra

First introduced in Until Time Remembers, Beck Escarra is a woman with a complicated relationship to truth. She’s a storyteller. A survivor. A little broken. A lot dangerous—especially when you give her a camera and a secret.

Beck isn’t the hero. She’s not quite the villain either.
She’s the person who walks straight into the haunted part of town and decides it deserves a documentary. And maybe that’s what makes her unforgettable.

Why readers can connect with her:

  • She’s layered—sometimes bold, sometimes undone.

  • She doesn’t always make the right choices, but she means every one of them.

  • She’s what happens when grief and ambition collide inside a woman who refuses to be silenced.

You don’t just read Beck—you unravel her.

📚 From the Blog:

The Book Was Better (And It Always Will Be)

We’ve all said it. Now let’s talk about why it’s almost always true.

From emotional depth to character nuance, this blog post dives into the impossible task movies face when trying to cram a 400-page heartbreak into two hours of screen time.

💻 Read the blog post here

💸 Book Sale of the Month

If you’ve been waiting to dive into my work, August is the month for it. Starting August 16th and ending August 22nd these three books will be on sale. 

August’s Featured Sale Books:
📘 Until Time Remembers → Link
🖋️ Because I Felt Everything → Link
🫁 Because I’m Still Breathing → Link

A quick look at the poetry collections:

Because I Felt Everything
Told in four aching parts, this collection unpacks the survival of emotional wounds, the craving for love, and the quiet revolution of healing. Some poems scream. Others whisper. All of them tell the truth.

Because I’m Still Breathing
This is not a book about being fixed. It’s a book about existing in the in-between. With over 100 poems, this collection sits with the messy moments and small victories that keep us going—even when no one’s watching.

🗂️ Upcoming Projects

One word: Gregg.

My next project is a documentary-style book exploring the disturbing life and crimes of fictional serial killer Gregg Thorton. This won’t be your typical true crime structure. Expect a story told through interviews, survivor voices, media fragments, and hidden truths.

💀 Coming mid-September to early October.
Prepare yourselves.

🌐 Connect With Me

Let’s make this mutual. Find me, follow me, message me, obsess over fictional tragedies with me:

The  Minds In Design store for all of my workbooks offering insights, advice, exercises, personal writing struggles, step-by-step guides for writing a variety of books is now live. Each workbook is only 5$ and more than 40 pages of information. As well as poetry collections full of heartfelt, soulful and gut-wrenching poems. Recently added is a short story collection that includes 32 short stories inspired by quotes . 

Want even more exclusive content, sneak peeks, and early access to everything?

💖 Find me on Patreon

💬 Parting Words

Thanks for being here. For reading this far. For supporting storytelling that doesn’t fit into a clean little box.

Whether you’re here for time loops, poetry, dark documentaries, or just trying to survive the creative life—we see you.

Minds In Design isn’t just a company.
It’s a promise: that you’ll always find stories here that matter.
Stories that linger. Stories that feel.

Until next time,
—Makitia

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