Dispatches from 10,000 feet, ~
Writing the wild & well.
Kelton Wright is a writer living in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Her work investigates belonging, ambition, the natural world, and the strange business of being alive. She writes for a living, writes for the love of it, and is always up to something new.
With work featured in:
Microsoft ✦ The Guardian ✦ Headspace ✦ Nike ✦ Runner’s World ✦ Born This Way Foundation ✦ Cosmopolitan ✦ UnitedHealth Group ✦ Teen Vogue ✦ Rapha ✦ Thrive Market ✦ Bicycling ✦ Ro ✦ Time Inc.
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Microsoft ✦ The Guardian ✦ Headspace ✦ Nike ✦ Runner’s World ✦ Born This Way Foundation ✦ Cosmopolitan ✦ UnitedHealth Group ✦ Teen Vogue ✦ Rapha ✦ Thrive Market ✦ Bicycling ✦ Ro ✦ Time Inc. ✦
Where to find her (if you're looking)
Shangrilogs
Small-town life, big existential questions, and a little everyday magic. Shangrilogs is a twice-featured Substack Bestseller, enjoyed every Sunday by thousands.
Podcast · Co-host
Pen Pals
A show about the writing process: the drafts, the dead ends, and the occasional miracle.
Course · Lying fallow
The Rewilding
The Rewilding is a seasonal creative practice for reconnecting with yourself, the natural world, and the art of paying attention.
But wild things go dormant sometimes. The Rewilding is resting this year (witches take sabbaticals too). Leave your name and she'll find you when it returns.
Start here
A few favorites from Shangrilogs
An inconvenient life
“We would be its keepers when its keeper left.”
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6 things I won’t be caught dead doing in my 40s
“Forty has such a clean sound to it.”
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Questions to ask yourself this fall
“I used to throw up the morning before school started every year.”
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A birth story
“Mothers and midwives like to laugh when you tell them you have a birth plan.”
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Also in The Guardian
You love the outdoors. So why are you pooping all over it?2025 On cats and FIP2023What readers say
“Thoughtful writing from a beautiful place. Reading Shangrilogs makes me feel like I’m hanging out at a friend’s house on the internet.”
“You live differently than most, and there’s something exquisite about seeing the world through your eyes and words.”
“Kelton magically brings me into her home so that I feel like I am right there watching the snow melt in spring.”
Every Sunday
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Small-town life, big existential questions, and a little everyday magic. Free to read, and a twice-featured Substack Bestseller.
On her desk
A debut novel, ninety thousand words deep.
Kelton is writing her first novel: a contemporary women’s fiction story set in the Caribbean about the lives we choose, the ones we leave behind, and the possibility of beginning again.
90,000 words and counting
Agents and editors: say hello →
Work with Kelton
Good stories make things happen.
I've worked with Big Tech execs and bona fide pop stars, helping ambitious people and interesting companies figure out what they want to say, then say it well. Whether it's executive ghostwriting, content strategy, or brand storytelling, I've spent my career making complicated ideas compelling. Agency-trained, startup battle-tested, and equally comfortable behind the scenes or at the helm.