Kim Abrahamse

Kim loves getting nerdy about writing.

Kim’s love story with writing began with a migraine. She was newly married and in her twenties, laid up in bed for months with intense pain. There was a tapestry with a three-headed elephant on it beside her bed. She spent her days looking at it, waiting for the pain to ease. Slowly, a children’s story began to form in her mind about that elephant, written in rhyming stanzas.

She had been reading all her life, but this was the moment when it sunk in that she could create the stories she loved so much. And, like every good romance, sometimes the characters can't stand the sight of each other at first, but that leads to a beautiful happily ever after.

Kim is a self-professed “writing nerd” and has taken every kind of writing class — short fiction, novel writing, writing for children, poetry, technical writing, travel writing, copy writing and more. She is almost always mid-way through a book about writing, eager to share the new theory she’s learning about plot structures, character building or revision techniques.

For Kim, writing also pays the bills — she’s worked as a writer and copy editor for two decades, writing websites for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Petro-Canada and Toronto Pearson Airport.

Kim discovered Firefly back in 2015 when she took a class with Britt. Since then, she's read every newsletter, ripped open every Hello Writer pack, and written at the studio nearly every Friday afternoon, except when she and her writing are in a fight (or just avoiding one another). When she finally gathered her courage to apply for this job, she was excited by the idea of fully inhabiting her love of writing and creating writing community. Kim completed her Firefly coach training in the spring of 2020.

Kim’s style of leadership is authentic and connected. She has a wide and encompassing empathy for all people, and relates to all the ups and downs of the creative process deeply. In her spare time, Kim is working on a YA science fiction novel and a collection of punny children's poetry.
 
Her perfect Saturday would involve chai on a beach, sushi with friends, a long-distance swim in a lake or ocean, chocolate cake, a nap in her hammock, a movie while cuddling her kids, dancing with her sister… and absolutely no house cleaning or cooking at all.