hi, you!

My name is Maggie Trela. Welcome to oyster hands.

Ever since I was young, I’ve had wrinkly hands. An abundance of lines and creases in my palms inspired a silly and strange nickname, fueled by a smoke-wafting night in college listening to Fat Boy Slim. My hands looked like oysters apparently.

Born in upstate New York and raised in St. Augustine, Florida, my love for reading and writing carried me to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to study English Lit. Soon after graduation I followed my heart to Portland, Oregon to fall in love — and that love and I are back home in Florida, in Tampa now, raising our sweet son, Sunny.

I’m an editor by trade, with specialties in copyediting, copyright, and copywriting. I am a writer, and in a past life did marketing and communications. I'm the editor of On Our Moon (as well as a featured writer), a digital tent exploring what it means to be human through personal storytelling, as well as its counterpart, a weekly newsletter on Substack, showcasing a mix of writing on motherhood and culture. I freelance often, writing press releases, blog posts, travel and food articles, and magazine features.

I’m a yogi-movement-maker in training, and would love to help you shake out your stress through some sweat. My schedule is coming soon! Contact me anytime. I’m so glad you’re here. :)

- Oystie