Introducing A New Kind of Down
The Breath & Bones of a Writer
Cue Bobby Caldwell’s What You Won’t Do For Love.
Hello, you guys. I have been quite busy over the last year or two or three and I have had some inquiries regarding authorship and if I had any books for purchase.
Yes and Yes.
I am not good with these sort of things. With my first book, Pinwheels & Hula Hoops: Poems that tell Stories; Stories that are Poems, I did almost no promoting, had a book signing that I was too terrified to attend but I did and collected the support of family and friends and since then, they have been waiting. I produced a second book two years later at the age of twenty-seven under the title, Dusting for Fingerprints: Tales, Treasures, Teachings, & Time which did not take off as swimmingly as the first. The formatting is off and I am not pleased with it upon later viewing. But, it is my baby too, therefore, I love it just the same as the first.
The core of my supporters and loved ones queried about a third and this one, this one, I truly wanted to do, much more than the second and much of it has been written within the last year and a half and WordPress and Medium are two BIG reasons why.
A New Kind of Down: The Breath & Bones of a Writer is dear to me. I feel as though I have shared my deepest thoughts, feelings, and my broken and splattered heart and I have watched myself grow during the process. It is grueling, it is tiring, and it is full of pressure with many people gawking at things to come that have yet to taste fruition; the pressure, that is. I have a support system that is stronger than any force. They surround me with love, guidance, encouragement, and advice. For this, I am truly grateful. Before I sent the manuscript to a select few to view, edit, and give feedback, I corresponded with Medium and the publications kind enough to host my work.
I wanted to make sure listing the websites as well as the publications would be an “Okay” thing to do since each is mentioned in Acknowledgments. With A New Kind of Down, I feel complete. Solid. Whole. I feel as if I can sit back and allow myself to breathe, be, and enjoy writing as I know it. This one took a lot from me and gave a great deal to me too. Medium, pat yourself on the back, because without your viewing eyes, your loving words, and your incredible feedback and questions, I would have never finished this book. I would not have known how to.
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This is my offering to you. I am asking that if you purchase it, you be good to it and allow it to be good to you. You were as much a part of this process in completing it as I was the vessel for its use. I don’t mind a bit of constructive criticism, reviews are available and I welcome your words. I am beyond excited and fearful and second-guessing and questioning after questioning after questioning myself, but I am going to let this go and leave it in your hands. Currently, it can only be purchased through Lulu, however, within the next few weeks, it will be available via Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Peace & blessings to all of you.
Thank you. You cannot know how BIG your living and breathing matters to me and to this work.
This is me doing what I wouldn’t do, but doing it for love.
