The Hustle Begins

I got my advance review copies of The Adventures of Jesus Christ, Boy Detective this past Friday. I’m really excited about getting copies out there for people to review and to blurb. You can actually read an excerpt of it over at Talking Book. If you are interested in an advance review copy to review, hit me up […]

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Here’s What I Know About 2016

A long overdue, yet brief, update on what’s going on.

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I Liked It So Much I Put A Ring On It

On engagements, working a book fair, excerpts from my forthcoming illustrated poetry collection The Bones of Us, and a new installment of Jesus Christ, Boy Detective.

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And Still, We Are Counting The Votes In Florida

On The Bones of Us Kickstarter, a new Jesus Christ, Boy Detective story, and the impact of low voter turnout during midterm elections to the sanity and well being of Florida.

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The Next Big Thing

Note: I’m breaking the rules and posting this on a Tuesday and not tagging anyone. I think there’s been enough tagging of this thing already. 1. What’s the working title of the book Jesus Christ, Boy Detective and The Royal Flush of Fate 2. Where did the idea for the book come from? I wanted […]

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It’s Fun To Do Bad Things, Like Rhyme About Handguns

When it comes to concerts, I’m an old man. I like having a seat available so when I am tired of rocking out or the band plays a song that I don’t know or don’t like, I can sit and relax. Gone are the days where I’m willing to stand in a sweaty sea of […]

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Drunk Driving On A Wednesday

Monday, I received a very nice letter from Bluestem informing me that they nominated my poem “Interior Decorating” for a Pushcart Prize. I haven’t been nominated for a lot of things (Best of the Net three times) so to see the letter (which was classy of them) was incredibly validating. Seeing it reminded me of the importance […]

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They Say He Has Two Gods

To start, I wrote this poem after discovering my wedding invitations while cleaning my closet before my last trip to Memphis. When I looked at the invites, I realized that I forgot the year I was married, a step forward in this prolonged grieving over the death of this relationship, my longest relationship. I call […]

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There Is No Grace In This Land

I’m on the tail end of a business trip in Memphis and this time has been better than the last, partially because I got to go to Nashville and eat great food and hang out among great company, and partially because time has flown by with work and writing in my hotel room. My life […]

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Got A Fighter Jet I Can’t Fly

I work in the private sector and it’s because I work in the private sector, I take a very common sense approach to everything so when I get things in the mail like a flyer for the Palm Beach Poetry Festival next year and see how much they are charging for workshops ($725 if you […]

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