writing

  • Thoughts on ending DEI

    I don’t know about anyone else, but this DEI thing is rather irritating for me. Nevermind that even erasing someone’s name from an archive doesn’t actually erase what they did. Nevermind that it will be dug back up in the future and brought back to prominence. It’s just so much work back and forth. I

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  • Little Poems Everywhere

    My last command in the Navy was kind of a disaster but it had moments that I still smile about. I was stationed with several people I adored, several I couldn’t stand to be around, and many I was indifferent to. Among those I adored was Rachel. Rachel was not well liked by most people.

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  • New poems and social media

    Let’s start with new poems….. I have some ideas for another collection, well, two other collections. One is an actual lessons learned from my time in service, kind of like the poems I had been posting a while back. Some of those would be used as is and some have had a few revisions. So

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  • One month!

    It has been one month since Shapeshifting was published and I have definitely learned some things. Traditionally published does not equal available in all bookstores immediately but it is a hell of a head start. I’ve been going to local indie bookstores and seeing if their willing to stock on the shelves, as well as

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  • Book Launched!

    Honestly, I had been terrified of the whole book launch idea. I don’t even like birthday parties thrown for me. We decided to keep it low key and put out a table at a friend’s coffee shop with some copies. It was perfect. Friends showed up to buy signed copies and stayed a while for

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  • Publishing soon!!!

    It’s been a crazy road but I was definitely blessed in many ways along it. It was the waiting that was the worst. I don’t know how some people stay on this road so long with the long times between query and response, offer to publish and preorder. Now that I’m in the preorder stage,

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