projects

Photo of the Hollywood sign on a hillside with a clear sky and some trees in the foreground.

Writing projects and related work connected through storytelling.

A painted mural featuring a large hand with a painted wooden hand pointing with the index finger, above a yellow sign with a trolley icon and the words 'Fairfax Trolley', set against a colorful background with green, blue, and pink sections.
A bee collecting nectar from purple and pink flowers surrounded by green leaves.
Merry Elkins wearing a white furry hat and a bright blue winter coat standing on a boat deck with a river and leafless trees in the background during sunset.

Twenty Minute Stories

Merry Elkins is a contributing writer to all three volumes of the Twenty-Minute Stories, a Los Angeles–based writing group centered on the discipline of the 20-minute word sprint. Her work explores love, loss, and transformation, capturing moments of change with immediacy and emotional clarity.

Late Boomers

Merry co-hosts Late Boomers with her friend Cathy Worthington, in thoughtful conversations with writers, artists, entrepreneurs, and entertainers navigating reinvention and third acts on their own terms.

Merry’s debut novel, Follow The Sky, currently in development, is about a young woman rebuilding her life from the fault line of grief. It explores the inheritance of mother-daughter wounds, the dangerous comfort of an intoxicating relationship, and the path toward autonomy, artistry, and emotional truth.