Writer Julia Zolotova

Return to the Atolls

Six months ago, I sat on this exact stretch of sand with an empty notebook and a head full of questions. Today I’m back with 127 pages of notes, three character sketches that actually make sense, and what might generously be called the skeleton of a story. Progress, apparently, looks like this: messy, non-linear, and

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Island of Stories

The ocean here doesn’t just whisper — it speaks in full sentences. Complex, layered ones that somehow make more sense than most conversations I’ve had in boardrooms this past year. I’m writing this with sand between my toes and salt air filling my lungs, watching the Indian Ocean stretch endlessly before me. The Maldives have

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