“Effects of Writing”, charcoal and acrylic paint, 2018
First novel is currently in progress. Working title is “Soul Fire”. As of January 2024, 174 pages of unformatted rough draft exist. The progress has been slower than I would like but writing is definitely a process. When it is finished, my goal is to enter it into a fantasy publishing house. The main themes include: trauma, healing, identity, and faith. I will update when there is more information.
She dreamt a dream that night. That did not fade with the light. Removal of gloom. An empty room. She dreamt that death was not the end. That there are some bad things that good could offend. Dark mark removed. Good ending assumed.
If this were all a dream, It would not be so bad. Pain gone with a sigh. Lit by the soft neon glow of a night light. Wrapped up somewhere uniquely safe. *** But not this life. Maybe the next. For memories last longer than a dream, And pain is strong enough to break through comfort. At least hope remains.
She tried every night. Pulling back to that place of solitude. Where pain could not reach. To where there were no secrets to keep. Watched over by a blanket of eternal stars. *** She tried in order to connect. To match that eternal love. Sometimes, to dare and whisper a dream. Hope to ask for more along with her blessings. And that is what gets her. *** She found peace and dreams under those stars. Protected in her little solitude. Guilty when the morning comes. Asleep in the middle of searching for Him. Never realizing that He was there as…
I owe everyone an explanation for my abrupt take off and infrequent posting. I have felt off and fatigued for months. Barely able to concentrate on a focused task. All of it culminated in a sudden ER trip very recently. My oxygen levels dropped to 89% and blood pressure went sky high. While I was…
It is time to meet the accumulation of my work over the last year. Meet “Fragments of a Dreaming Mind”, a collection of edited poetry organized into book form. A little under 300 of my creative writing pieces with many of which will be familiar to the people that read here often. My usual themes…
The final lap for publishing my first book of poetry is here! I just have to handle the final illustrations and cover art. The manuscript is fully done. A collection of some of my best work over the last year edited, improved and structured for better clarity. Illustration is expensive so I have started a…
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