Luminous Estate

In this Wingmarks interview, we talk with B.L. Talley about her essay “What the Ordinary Leaves Behind,” a piece about how strong individual connection brings power and meaning to living. B.L. shares her background, inspiration for writing, where her essay came from, how she writes, and what she hopes readers take with them.

Timestamps

[0:00] Introduction[7:36] Inspiration for writing[11:56] Inspiration for essay[17:39] Writing Process[27:58] Unique perspective[30:48] Connection to Wingmarks[33:20] Info for listeners[35:40] Selected passage from Wingmarks[37:17] Outro

About B.L. TalleyB.L. Talley is a romantasy author and creative, born in Amarillo, Texas. She has a Fine Arts degree and loves anything creative, including painting, crochet, photography, and design. She is the Amazon bestselling author of the Court of Infinites Series, and hopes to write many more. Her greatest goal is to weave humanity's love for fantasy characters with real-life traumas, aiming to unite people through shared struggles and healing.
She lives in Salt Lake City with her partner and her two cats, Charlie and Milo, who keep her on her toes. When she’s not writing she is dreaming and planning her next trip abroad, as her travels often inspire her writing.
About WingmarksWingmarks is a collection of essays on the encounters that rearranged us. To get updates and be the first to know when orders open, visit luminousestate.com/wingmarks. As part of our mission to create real opportunity for writers and artists, half of the profits made from Wingmarks go to our writers. First orders will ship on November 30th, 2026. Join the communityIf you’re a writer who would like to be part of a future collection, follow us on Instagram at luminous.estate. We’ll announce our next prompt within the next month or so.If this conversation meant something to you, share it with someone you think it would resonate with. It helps us to get found, and we’d love to hear what you thought.Up nextTo hear more conversations like this one, subscribe and tune in next time. See you in the next episode!

In this Wingmarks interview, we talk with Rachel Megan Barker about her essay “While I Am Here,” a piece about English football and choosing what matters in life. Rachel shares her background, inspiration for writing, where her essay came from, how she writes, and what she hopes readers take with them.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

[7:43] Inspiration for writing

[12:12] Inspiration for essay

[19:00] Writing Process

[29:32] Unique perspective

[36:12] Connection to Wingmarks

[38:24] Info for listeners

[40:46] Selected passage from Wingmarks

[42:43] Outro

About Rachel

Rachel is currently living a somewhat nomadic life, mostly going back and forth between the UK and the USA. She is a mostly amateur poet and an aspiring not-totally-amateur fiction writer and essayist. She is currently working on her first novel. In another life she was an actress, and in another life still she worked in political communications and campaigns.

About Wingmarks

Wingmarks is a collection of essays about life experiences that rearranged us, published by Luminous Estate. To get updates and be the first to know when orders open, visit luminousestate.com/wingmarks.

As part of our mission to create real opportunity for writers and artists, half of the profits made from Wingmarks go to our writers. First orders will ship on November 30th, 2026.

Join the community

If you’re a writer who would like to be part of a future collection, follow us on Instagram at luminous.estate. We’ll announce our next prompt within the next month or so.

If this conversation meant something to you, share it with someone you think it would resonate with. It helps us to get found, and we’d love to hear what you thought.

Up next

To hear more conversations like this one, subscribe and tune in next time. See you in the next episode!

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