Tag: Creativity from pain
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The Doggma the Fool
Fling and flung, ring and run,Our missteps vex the arrogant sun.My words sing true for me, for you,Yet truth eludes woe but so few. Sand and sun, land and gun,We fight, we scrape, and always ache.We kill ourselves to fill our shelves,And miss the peace our souls forsake. Each grain we grasp, a truth we… Read more
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Meaning is in the Hands of the Beholder
There’s something transformative about art. As creators, we spend countless hours breathing life into our work, obsessing over details, and imagining how it will resonate with readers. But something magical happens when it leaves our hands and meets the world. It becomes something new—something more—because every reader brings their own experiences, emotions, and perspective to… Read more
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Publishing a book is a journey—here’s mine.
For better or worse, here is what it was like to be me this last year creating Lionwood Manor. Let me begin by saying thank you to all the readers who have joined me on this journey and all the readers who have helped get the word out there. You can get Lionwood Manor (My… Read more
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Writing Prompt Workshop!
Want to be seen? Join my writing workshop. Send your piece to [email protected] with your work in the body of the email—no attachments will be opened. Here are the prompts: Write a scene capturing one of the following emotions. Keep it as brief as possible while making us feel it. Max word count: 1500. The… Read more
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To Trudge
A quote from one of my guilty pleasure movies that might get me judged but I love it anyway:“To trudge: The slow, weary, depressing, yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in his life except the impulse to simply soldier on.”~ Lilium inter spinas, or rather, Geoffrey Chaucer, A Knight’s Tale. Today,… Read more
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Caging Ghosts and Freeing Souls: A Journey Through the Hippocampus
I know I authored a novel about a haunted house, but for me, the ghosts are in my mind. There are some truly terrifying parts of my mind that grab me as I walk past. They began manifesting later in life after I felt like I should be in the most control of my mind… Read more