It’s Been A While…oops
Hey all,
I realize it’s been quite a while since a post landed here…I’ve been busy. Not even just with writing or advertising the book (I literally only did one book signing and like a month’s worth of advertising around my university campus), but with life as well. The remainder of 2024 was kinda…wack…and very, very emotionally straining. Aside from the issues addressed in Words Between Silences, I’ve been fighting battles. I lost an uncle to cancer in April and my grandmother to a fall in August (which is actually what prompted me to expedite publishing…I had hoped she would be around to read it, but when she died, I didn’t really have anyone to surprise). Their deaths kinda left the family to spiral, and I’ve been trying to play support while I watch family members toss molotov cocktails (of various sizes) on an already-burning system. So that’s been difficult, and it’ll likely be the fuel for many a poem to come (therapy).
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I plan to post a poem a week for 2025. They might show up in another book somewhere down the line. A few things to note, though:
- Some of these are dark. Not in the “breakup of the century, toxic relationship” way or the “betrayal of the millenium, how could you” way, but the “I’m falling into my own head and I don’t know which way is up or where the light is” way. So just be warned.
- Some of these are extremely specific. It’s very easy to link people to stories in these, so just…yeah, try not to read into them too much, I guess.
- I take suggestions on some of these. I’m working on words — if you have a favorite word, and what it might mean to you, comment it. I’ll work on something special.
- Share the blog with your friends. I’m terrified of advertising myself, but if you do it I really have nowhere to hide.
- And finally, if you have any questions regarding any of these poems (how I came up with it, what I was thinking of, even who/what it’s about), comment. Maybe I’ll do a deep dive into my process. I think that’d be cool, do you?
So, once a week. Woot woot. Also — I’m thinking of selling photography. For now I don’t really have a website up for that, but I’ve had things sell at auctions and it’s starting to pick up traction a bit (like from 1% to 5% haha). Let me know.
:)
