You flatter me with words And with high conversation I laugh and play along And yet I feel nothing They all say I should want you And it’s a great match They say I’m too picky And to give love … Continue reading Poem: You

**So, I finished my first novel, The Divine Romance of Ethan Grey, in February 2014. I began to shop it around for agents, and was told it was a good concept, but the manuscript needed work. I began massive editing and got … Continue reading Novel Scene: The Ethics of Christian Music

Phoning it In Tonight I am phoning it in A mind on hold A day unlived I’m not giving you everything I’m not giving you anything I don’t hear my own voice Recite the pleasantries that I don’t mean Nor … Continue reading Poem: Phoning it In

When I was sixteen I got my first job. I worked at a small independent Christian bookstore, nestled neatly in a strip center of our little town. With the owners, managers, backroom people, part-timers and all, the staff probably numbered … Continue reading What Oscar Wilde and Tim LaHaye Taught Me About Life

**This is a scene from a short story/novella I wrote back in 2008. The story is about a shy art student who married an Australian musician to give him a green card. He then becomes extremely wealthy, and they live together … Continue reading Fiction: Death in the Phoenix’s Nest

I have an obsession with offices, office furniture and office supplies. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I love the smell of freshly sharpened pencils, even though I don’t even use them. I love pens, and do my best … Continue reading Excuse Me, Miss, Your Nerdiness is Showing