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The Same Place (a Poem For Bob)

September 22, 2016
Personal, Writing

(For my Godfather, Bob. I miss you.) As a kid I once joined Bob Buchanan for dinner (When Dixie was cooking, nobody got thinner!) There were taters and green beans and mighty good meat So Bob said the grace, and then started to eat But I stared at my plate, stumped for where to begin Should...

I WILL HOLD YOU UP

August 31, 2016
Personal

SMA AWARENESS MONTH I don’t stand up for a cause often enough—so I’m dedicating my August blog post to SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY. It’s an insidious disease that has affected people I love, and it needs to be talked about. Back in 2011, my band 7k recorded our final song, “I Will Hold You Up,” in honor...

STRAIGHT CISPEOPLE RETWEETING RAINBOW FLAGS: A CONFESSION

June 28, 2016
Personal, Writing

This post centers around three facts: It’s LGBTQIAP+ pride month. Two weeks ago, fifty people were murdered because they were in a gay club. I’m a straight cismale who wrote a book from the POV of a gender fluid teenager. So the question I’ve been asking myself is: What, if anything, do...

A Post(card) from the Trenches

May 25, 2016
Personal

Disclaimer: This post is apt to be random and is likely ill-advised. But I doubled my word goal today, and I feel compelled to share things. So here goes something. Body: I’m rewriting my next book. Revising? Rewriting. I’m taking the seed and growing a new tree. It’s terrifying and liberating and...

Signing books at Barnes & Noble Chino Hills

March Events Wrap-Up

April 7, 2016
News, Personal

March was an amazing month for this debut author. After the madness of launching Symptoms of Being Human in February, I had a full month of events–two book festivals, a library appearance, and a panel and signing at my local Barnes & Noble store. So this post is a digital scrapbook of sorts,...

On Being Afraid in the Bathroom

April 3, 2016
Personal

The impetus to write Symptoms of Being Human came in late 2013. I was in a car with some friends and acquaintances when the driver–let’s call her Jane–brought up a court case pending in my county. A transgender student was suing the school district for the right to use the restroom/locker...