360 days of haikus. I started writing these on a whim on January 6th after I read “The Portable Jack Kerouac”. I gave myself a challenge to write every day and though it might not have been my traditional style of writing or my preferred style of writing, I wrote 3 lines every day. I don’t think I’ll be continuing my daily haikus into 2018. … Continue reading December Haikus
“Following your joy, finding what it is when you lose your track of time and trying to direct your life so you can do that as much as possible you’ll start enjoying life a lot more and you’ll find that things will fall into place. That’s the secret to happiness and finding who you are, is following your natural instincts of what makes you happy.” Continue reading FOLLOWING YOUR JOY
Well, it finally happened. I published BARFLY. It wasn’t through traditional means. I didn’t find an agent who found me a publisher who gave me a book deal. I am self publishing it. I can’t begin to tell you how many rejection letters I received for BARFLY. Most of the rejection letters were form rejection letters, “the dreaded cut-and-paste letter that all writers receive no matter … Continue reading BARFLY: Now Available in Paperback and for Kindle
As I soon start draft 2 of The Sound of Madness, I am reaching to friends, family, and strangers on the ol’ interwebs to be beta readers. What’s a beta reader? A beta reader is this: A reader who will read your work that looks for typos, grammatical errors, continuity issues, critiquing/commenting on plot, plot issues, characterizations, what could use improving, etc. Basically, I need … Continue reading Beta Readers Wanted for The Sound of Madness
When the pesky Muse strikes, she strikes hard and without warning. On December 23rd, I was casually singing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”to Nick da Dawg. I was channeling my mom really. She sang the song to my nieces when they … Continue reading The Sound of Madness: A Work in Progress
In no particular order, here’s a list of things I’ve learned while exploring & exposing myself… As Ville Vallo of HIM says in a brilliant quote, “Music is my ‘God,’ my best friend.” Without music, I am sure I would not have survived being on this earth for so long. Music has also given me some of the best friendships I could ever ask for. … Continue reading Things I’ve Learned
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” ~ May Sarton I was completely moved by that quote when I first read it and since I have been spending September exposing and exploring myself, it stuck with me.It ties perfectly into what I wanted to write about today: morals. So many definitions, so many variations. Which … Continue reading Dare to Be
I have learned and discovered that there is pretty much a sexual fetish for anything and everything. It is completely fascinating that some people are turned on by balloons. Yep, balloons. I don’t get it, but someone out there is turned on sexually by balloons. To each his/her own. When most people think fetish, their head immediately goes to whip, chains, latex, leather, but that … Continue reading Let’s Get Weird
I’m pretty sure my mom went to her grave thinking I am still a virgin and Dad, I’m not a virgin anymore (sorry). I haven’t been since I was 21. I’m glad I waited until I was 21. I at least had some wits about me vs being a naive teen. It’s taken me a long time to realize that I am comfortable in my … Continue reading Don’t Slut-Shame Me for Being Comfortable in My Skin
an overwhelming sadness thoughts of letting go letting go of this earthly bond letting go of this love an ache in my heart each beat tears it apart should have never liked you from the start no tears will fall i let go of it all on hands and knees i crawl not broken not bruised not alone not used so alive and so free lessons … Continue reading right to flee