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Reciprocity

It’s that time of year again, and I know you’ve got a list. Maybe you’re checking it twice trying to figure out who gets large gifts, who gets small gifts, who just gets cards, and who gets nothing at all. I know you’re doing it because I am too, and it’s hard every single year … Continue reading Reciprocity

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36,000 Words

Novels are so tricky to write. They’re the equivalent of going through labor, fighting through the pain, and coming out on the other side better for the experience. Every single time I’ve immersed myself in the novel writing process it has shown me another angle I had never seen before. The longer the piece the … Continue reading 36,000 Words

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Golden Touch

“Touch has a memory.” ~John Keats King Midas had that infamous “golden touch,” which meant that everything he touched turned to gold, and while on the face of it that seemed like a gift, it was really a curse. Can you imagine touching your cat or dog and suddenly having them turn into a solid … Continue reading Golden Touch

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Over My Soul

It’s fitting, these murmurs They build to a crescendo A series of starts and stops This jockeying for position Fragmentary at best These squalid arguments In a room built for sound Acoustically speaking Not the anger of years Threaded into its fabric That’s only in my mind Twisted facade tempered thin These theoretical whimpers Always … Continue reading Over My Soul