This is the section where I would tell you about where my work has been featured, but that’s all in the future for me. Instead, I’ll tell you what might help you get to know me a bit.
I write women’s fiction with a speculative tilt. Think ghosts, but it’s normal life. Time travel, but it’s just in your head. If you’re a visual processor, here’s a Pinterest board of similar books! I love that a speculative element can allow a theme like love or grief or regret to be processed in a way I cannot experience in my own life. This helps me write in line with this quote (found in Susan Cain’s Bittersweet): “Whatever pain you cannot get rid of, make it your creative offering.”
I am, in the deepest parts of me, tied to the American West. While I love traveling the world, my path always leads back to the Rockies. The stories I write generally lead back there, too.
Almost nothing delights me more than vintage clothing, furniture, and houses. My happy place is watching a classic musical with my family in our 150-year-old home.
YouTube is my website of choice, and I’ve been known to hang out there a bit too much, so I’m trying to shift my habits. If you’re ever over there, feel free to say hi. Or, if you want to join my free writing community (just 10 minutes a day), learn more about it here.
All inquiries and communication can be sent to noellederodes@gmail.com
Hi, there.
Call me Noelle.
Noelle Derodes is my pen name, and I selected it with care. “Noelle” is my given middle name, and “Derodes” is the last name of my great-great-great-grandmother. While it may seem silly to use a pen name (you can easily find my legal name), it is useful to me for a few reasons:
My full-time profession benefits from at least a bit of separation between my work and my writing pursuits,
I’m doing all I can to untie my sense of worth from the outcomes of this writing endeavor,
“Noelle” fits my personality more than my first name does. I like slipping into her identity when I write.