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Books, essays, creative work and observations about identity, travel, storytelling and the wonderfully non-linear process of becoming ourselves.

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Madeira, Portugal — somewhere between writing the next thing and changing my mind about something else.

None of us becomes ourselves in a straight line.

We change our minds. We leave places. We start again. We make things. We outgrow lives we once loved.

And somewhere in the mess of it all, we build something new — something that feels a little more like us.

The Blum Creative is interested in all of it: the stories we tell, the identities we inherit, the things we create and the choices that slowly make a life feel like our own.

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STORY

Books, writing and the stories we disappear into.

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IDENTITY

Understanding what shaped you — and deciding what comes next.

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Built From Within four-workbook series
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A four-workbook series for exploring your story, building emotional strength, defining yourself more intentionally, and deciding how you want to move forward.

Understand. Strengthen. Become. Create.

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Fragments of Affection

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The Covenant of Water

Writing

Fragments of Obsession and Postcards from Rock Bottom, Book One.

Thinking About

How to make my house a social club.

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Madeira. For now.

Books

Stories are where this whole thing began.

Fragments of Affection

The blood on her hands doesn't match the memories in her head.

A psychological thriller about identity, memory, trauma and not knowing who to trust.

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Experiences

Stillwater Madeira

Stillwater Madeira Retreats

A writing retreat on the island that changed everything. A week of writing, reflection, connection and room to think.

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Danielle Blum, founder of The Blum Creative

Hi, I'm Danielle.

I write books, live on an island in the Atlantic, travel as often as I can, and build strange little projects that make life more interesting.

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O'Deli Unhinged, an Olivia O'Dell short story
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Olivia O'Dell &
Postcards from Rock Bottom

Olivia O'Dell has hit rock bottom with enough luggage, questionable decisions and misplaced confidence to make the trip interesting.

Postcards from Rock Bottom is Danielle's upcoming rom-com world: funny, messy, irreverent, travel-soaked and built around a heroine who keeps discovering that starting over rarely looks dignified.

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