What IfThe "What

 The "What If" game is one of the worse games that one can play with oneself. As I have typed and said many times, I have no clue as to what my future holds. No one really does when it comes to it. However, some at least have an idea as to what they would like for their lives and how they would like things to turn out.I know what I want, and the problem being, is that to obtain those things,...

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The plate is getting full

 Man, the last few weeks have been tough. I have been an emotional wreck, and just feeling overwhelmed with everything. My upcoming book feels like it is a thousand-pound weight laying atop of me, and really missing my dad, my grandma, and just spending way to much time in the rearview mirror as of late. My sleep has been all over the place, I feel exhausted ALWAYS. My eating has been crappy,...

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Tea Party Fundraiser - Success

Well now that the Tea Party has come and gone, I am happy to announce that I was able to raise $257.00 of the $300 goal that was set for the days event.I am so very happy and beyond thankful for everyone who came out to show support and meet me, regardless the cold and at times breezy weather. But with...

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A broken brush, a story.

How many brushes have you had in your lifetime? Probably not something that you've ever really thought about. This is a story about my brush. It's nothing fancy. Nothing special. In fact, it was a dollar store purchase. Most people would have just replaced it once it became old and broken, not try to...

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coffee house musings

Today finds me sitting at a local coffee house that's also an information hub, safe space, mental health facilitating, LGBTQ center. One of my favorite things is people watching. Quietly observing their interactions with each other and people outside of their cliques. Currently there is a peer counseling session going on in one corner of the common space, there's a busy bee worker tending to...

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Dreams, and day dreaming

I'm writing this after just waking up from an afternoon nap in which my grandmother appeared to me and said, "your uncle Wayne just passed away" and I responded with "does mom know" and my grandmother faded away. Now I know that the mysteries of dreams have eluded us since the dawn of time. But the...

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Birthday month blues

Well, it's that wonderful time a year again where I 'celebrate' another trip around the sun. I don't know what it is that causes depression to hit me every year around my birthday. I don't know if it's the fact that so many people that I loved were born in March and that they are no longer with me,...

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book cover

 So this is the mockup of the book cover. What do you think?Check out more about the book by going towww.cdsthebook.com and following the Instagram @cdstheb...

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The pitfalls of publishing a book

So, It's been almost a month since I finished my manuscript and now, I am just waiting for the editing to get done and then it's off to the illustrator and then finally once i get it back from the illustrator I'll do the finial edits and then time to get it published. I am pushing to have all of this done by October 15th so that I can have it printed by November 1st and then have the book launch party...

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I finished my manuscript!

 Well i finally finished my manuscript! I am so freaking happy. Today I have been setting up an online PDF with electronic signature so that I can get it signed off and start sending it and a review copy to reviewers. I now have to get it edited, and formatted.I’m really going to push to have it published by October 2024 instead of March 2025.If you would like to check out the website for the...

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