Danielle Blum, founder of The Blum Creative

Stories, tools and ideas for making a life your own.

For the part of you that wants to get lost in a story, make something with your hands, or gather around a table and feel at home. Books, thoughtful tools and shared experiences for a life that feels like yours.

Somewhere between writing the next thing and changing my mind about something else.
Danielle Blum, founder of The Blum Creative
Meet Danielle

Hi, I'm Danielle.

I'm an author and a multi-passionate creator. I write books, make tools for lives that don't fit a standard template, and host supper clubs and art workshops.

I love the moment a conversation outlasts dinner, a blank page becomes something, or a story makes you feel a little less alone. Those moments are what I keep making room for—and what I hope you'll find here.

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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.

Maybe you need a story to disappear into. A little structure for the ideas scattered across your kitchen table. Or an evening spent making something alongside people you haven't met yet. There's room for all of that here. There's room for all of you.

Fragments of Affection by Danielle Blum
A psychological thriller · Now available

Fragments of Affection

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

What happens when the person you need to trust is yourself—and you can't?

A psychological thriller about identity, memory and trauma, for readers who want to feel as much as they want to figure it out.

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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.

◉ Amazon Bestseller
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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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Reading

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.

Somewhere

Madeira. For now.

O'Deli Unhinged, an Olivia O'Dell short story
Book World · Coming Soon

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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