The Insomniac Writer

There are plans on the table to rerelease Fallen, my first collection of poetry and short fiction. All the details need to be hammered out, but it will happen on a small (likely POD) scale. The proceeds from this rerelease will go to support a worthy cause (more on that later) so you’d best believe [...]

another hospital, another waiting room
sardine-stuffed with weary families
red-eyed and brimmed with soured coffee
numb to the bells and whistles
the shabby symphony of life, death, and the in-between
immune to the stale air and its grim bouquet of disinfectant
 
how often have I shared this road
with the nerve-worn nameless
the miserable few?
how much life have I spent
held fast in the [...]

So, it turns out my younger brother has Congestive Heart Failure. Yeah. He’s currently in the CICU at a local hospital. He’s on the mend, but he has a lifetime of medication to look forward to as well as a new low sodium (yuck!) diet.
This is the sort of thing life throws at you when [...]

My new book is taking shape. I’ve already managed to whittle down what poetry will be included. The bigger job will be the essays and short fiction, but I suspect I’ll be wrangling a few people into assisting with the decision-making. I’m beyond excited, not just about the book, but about the wonderful opportunity to [...]

Okay, that’s not news. My 365 day experiment, however, has gone down like the Titanic. It was a nice burst of creativity, and it’s led to some serious steps… not the least of which is the plan to turn the Write Crowd into a small press publishing imprint. Oh, we’ll still be here, writing our [...]