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Creativity Through Chaos #Writing

My Facebook page is chaos. My twitter feed is chaos. Check out a news outlet—all chaos. So, how does that help you as a writer? Because everyone is looking for that next fresh idea. No one wants to...

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Here’s a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares — Me

About a week ago, when I released Anthony, I got a text from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a while. Last I knew, he was in a great relationship, doing well with a personal training/nutrition coaching...

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Why Would Leather and Happiness be Mutually Exclusive?

Boy lacing my boots at IML So, I had a friend over the other night for dinner and we were talking about me moving to the suburbs when my lease was up. It’s no secret that my boyfriend and I are moving...

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Coloring #NotJustForKids

I’ve colored all my life. As a child, I spent hours coloring in cheap books printed on paper recycled from recycled paper. They were barely bound, badly drawn, and totally addictive. My favorites were...

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A Fond Farewell

Brandon Witt, JP Barnaby, & Jared Rackler I suppose this should start with “it’s with a heavy heart that I must share with you…” but, it isn’t. My publication journey started seven years ago with a...

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Task Completed: 30 Books

My friend John explained his New Year’s Resolutions as more of a to-do list for 2016 rather than things he wishes to do. There’s a difference between attainable goals and wishful thinking. So, I made a...

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Worst Case Scenario

I’d always planned to continue the blog here after my retirement, but only when I had something worth sharing. Coming up with topic after topic, week after week, forcing content wasn’t something I...

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So Very Thankful

This morning, I woke to an email from a good friend letting me know that she’d lost one of her pups. She was a good ol’ girl, 105 when she passed and had led a long happy life. As I was reading, a...

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A Turning Point for JP Barnaby

Have you ever used a View Master? Do you remember those? Snap in a round cardboard circle of pictures and look through the lens to see cartoons or far off places. For years, I felt like my life had...

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A Harsh Truth

In 2015, a doctor in Atlanta found the first depression medication to ever work for me. In December of that year, we hit upon a sweet spot in the dosage and my life began to change. Depression...

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