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The Spring in the Thing**

When the sun wakes early and stays up late, The tulips stretch their leaves and wait. Sometimes the sky will darken that sun, Rain falls...

I Don't Care About TIT.

When you are self publishing your book, there are a lot of things that are just more difficult. But there are also a lot of things that...

I Am...

I am a woman. I am a mom. I am in a wheelchair. I am a paraplegic. I am paralyzed. Your identity, whether given or chosen, is the...

Those Things You Don't Know About Publishing A Book

It was one thing to write and finalize my book to go to print, but it was entirely another whole beast preparing to release it into the...

New Year's REVOLution

Each year since the pandemic first began, we continually think that things will change. Things will get better. Things will go back to...

Forward Motion is Inevitable

"It is with those very feelings that I have come to understand so much more about life. Those things in life that you are intended to...

Wallflower Wannabe

From the very innards of my soul, I am reserved, quiet, and dare I say shy even. I remember parent-teacher conferences where my...

Trust the Ick: Turning Vulnerabilities Into Strengths

There is something that I learned while writing my memoir-- actually there were MANY things I learned about myself, as well as the way...

From Writer to Author

It's one thing to be a writer. It's another entirely different and complex thing to be an author. Being an author implies that you've not...