Alisha Sommer: Finding Money in Storytelling

Alisha Sommer is a freelance writer and photographer who is, at heart, a storyteller. She is a mama of three, a lover of wine, words, and light. She began her own business at home, as a young mom, wanting to know if writing could become a job and money could be made from stories. Now, nearly ten years later, she earns a living from her creativity. But it’s been a slow build that’s required patience, perseverance, and consistency.

In this interview, we talk about that slow build. And we also talk about:

• finding oneself after parenthood


• the truth of writer’s block and how to move through it


• being a black artist married to a white man, living in a white suburb, having grown up in white neighborhoods and


• how to define who you are and build a business that you love