Prior to releasing our book, “Pet: the Journey from Abuse to Recovery,” we had a decent amount of experience with social media marketing for our blog, patreon, and merch, but we’d never marketed a book before. We had no idea how…[Read More on Patreon.]
Tag: writing
Patreon Bonus Content: The Nitty Gritty Technical Stuff of Self-Publishing
There are SO many steps in the self-publishing process that are entirely invisible to the reader that we had to learn about along the way. We wanted to….[Read more on Patreon]
Watch our Poetry Reading on Youtube
I have good news! If you weren’t able to make our poetry reading the weekend before last, you don’t have to miss out. There is a video of the reading available to watch on Youtube!
Patreon Bonus Content: Working with Self-Publishing Platforms
A lot of people are completely unaware of the existence of self-publishing platforms, or anything about how they work. I’ll admit, we are not… [Read More on Patreon]
Poetry & Trauma: It Is Hard to Write with a Broken Heart
This week my debut poetry book, “Pet: the Journey from Abuse to Recovery” comes out. The poetry sequence takes you through my experiences in an abusive relationship, my attempts to heal, my retrospective reflections on the relationship, and the larger-scale insights that came with long-term healing. To introduce it, I wanted to share with you this piece about what it took to write that book in the first place.
Remote Poetry Reading: The Story of “Pet: the Journey from Abuse to Recovery”
We’re having a remote poetry reading on November 6th. 2022!
Buy Our Debut Book of Poetry: “Pet: the Journey from Abuse to Recovery”
“Pet” is a poem sequence that navigates the reader through the traumatic & transformative journey of domestic abuse and its aftermath.
A Tale to Tell: A Cherie Priest Tribute
Just a few months ago I re-published my article, “Creating Social Change One Person at a Time,” in which I talked about how the impact you have on individual people around you can, in itself, be a form of social activism. Denny Upkins is back to demonstrate exactly how this phenomenon can happen and the ripple effect it can create in his tribute to Cherie Preist.
Stonewalled: That Time I Fought the Law and the Law Lost
One of our favorite re-occurring guest-writers, Denny Upkins, is back with this amusing and empowering tale to remind everyone fighting the impacts of marginalization to share and celebrate our wins.
Patreon Bonus Content: A Poetry Book in Four Parts
Since pretty early on in its development, our poetry book has been separated into four parts. I wanted to share with you what…. (Read the rest on Patreon)