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Kristy and I are excited to be working with the Des Moines Arts Festival to bring literary arts to the Roots Stage this summer! Plans are coming together! We’ve got
It’s here! I’m pleased to announce the release of T is for Train. I’m very happy with what this book has become. It started with the idea of writing about
Since I got off the train in June, I’ve been busy writing about the experience. The writing journey has been a big trip in of itself. I started with the
I am currently on the road, working on my novel in progress, working on new stories of life out here and in there and everything in between. I’m going to
With the demise of Twitter, I feel the hauntingly empty reception hall. The mic has been dropped and I don’t want to pick it up. We had a great (although
Although it might be straw man argumentation, I’ve begun my thinking about the latest release from gothic composer & recording artist Desar with the thoughts of a music lover bemoaning
Chelsea SticklePaperback | 41 Pages First Edition | $11.99Thirty West Publishing (January 13, 2023) | BUY HERE I’ve got a little confession to make. I haven’t been the biggest fan of flash
This was a fairly memorable writing year for me. In April I finished the first draft of a novel. I had written one 50K novel draft on Nano one year,
I feel I should confess. I used to worry that I had not suffered enough. Honestly, I had not suffered at all. I mean, someone did kick our door in
It has been a while since I have posted here! I have been busy in 2022 working on a novel that I started the previous spring. I finished the first
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