Ripple Effect

I got a letter from an inmate today. It reads in part: “….I see these two guys getting into it – next thing I notice is that the one guy has a jailhouse knife and starts stabbing this other dude in the face and head. By the time the cops figure out...

Blog Hop – I Got Tagged!

This is my first ever blog hop (thanks for the invite Blakely Bennett!). I can’t say enough about how awesome it has been to meet fellow authors while publishing and promoting my book. Everyone has been so helpful, supportive, and we have really built great...

His Name is Joel

As I sit at a desk that belongs to the man who owns the house I live in for ‘free’ (in exchange for doing home improvements), working on my slightly outdated but still fully functional computer, with a space heater keeping me warm by my legs, my mind wanders to those...

Writers Stock

I am officially coining the term: “Writer’s Stock”.  Writers love to write, right?  What do writers write about?  Anything.   Everything.  Specific subjects or topics.  Aren’t subjects and topics the same thing, really?  Nah, I’m sure a good writer could write 500...

The Demand for Music

So yesterday, I was at the Saturday Market in Portland for a little bit and I was chatting with this dwarf guy (I don’t know if he was a real midget or not, he was like smaller than that even). He was there playing the violin to get donations. I asked him if I...

We the Sheeple

I don’t understand a country/people who spend more time/energy FIGHTING over/with guns when there is a list a mile long of shit that IS worth fighting for, like a better education system, a better criminal justice system, better care for the elderly, and the...