Julie Porter

I’ve been writing poetry since high school, using words as a way to capture the thoughts, emotions, and experiences that aren’t always easy to say out loud.

My poetry collection, Beneath the Surface, brings those words together with some of my own photography and some AI-created artwork, adding a visual layer to the emotions behind the poems.

My love of writing eventually grew into creating guided journals designed for different moments in life. Some offer a quiet place for faith, reflection, prayer, and letting go, including Faith Begins in Stillness and Lord, Take This From Me. Others take a completely different approach.

I’ve always enjoyed making people laugh, and I believe that sometimes laughter is exactly what we need when life gets heavy. That’s why I created Processing… Please Wait, a mental health journal that mixes meaningful reflection with humor and a lighthearted look at the beautifully complicated business of being human.

Then there’s Don’t Touch This Journal: It Gets Weird in Here, created for anyone who could use a little more weirdness, laughter, creativity, and unexpected fun in their day.

Whether you come to my books looking for a place to pray, somewhere to put down the thoughts you’ve been carrying, a poem that makes you feel understood, or simply something that makes you laugh, my hope is that you’ll find a few pages that feel like they were waiting just for you.