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A growing collection of some of my past, present and future creatively written work.

Novel Excerpt #2: The Downside of Up

The hardbound book creaks at the spine as it’s opened. The thin film of dust covering the outside dissipates into the air. The yellow tinged pages with its smudged words and worn edges show the book’s age. The once white

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Poetry: You Are Woman

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You are woman
No need to roar
Created from the sediments of dirt, mud and sand
With a mind so intelligent
Body forever sacred
Soul revolutionary
And spirit truly authentic
The perfect balance between street and sweet
The east and

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BTG: Illegal Tender – Backstory

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Illegal Tinder was based off of some subject matter I was briefly introduced to while watching an HBO documentary entitled Love Crimes of Kabul based on imprisoned women awaiting trial for what

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BTG: AutoMaismatic – Backstory

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There are a couple of different elements that came together that created my first (I think) piece of creative non-fiction that wasn’t directly about me or where I used something from my

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BTG: One Sonday Afternoon – Backstory

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I enjoy reading personal essays especially autobiographies, but I’ve never had the opportunity (unless journals and diaries count) to write a personal one of my own until about 7 years ago (I

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Essay: One Sonday Afternoon

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I distinctly remember Sunday, December 14th, 2008 being a cold and blustery day to those on the outside. Wading through mountains of snow and bitter winds, completely oblivious to the lives that

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