Beautiful Disasters Excerpt
April 03, 2025
Drea got a beer at the bar and walked up to two women at one of the pool tables. “I’ll play the winner next.”
Drea got a beer at the bar and walked up to two women at one of the pool tables. “I’ll play the winner next.”
Submissions for the Slamming Bricks Anthology 3rd Edition will be open from April 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023 The Slamming Bricks Slam Poetry Competition was started in 2019 by LGBTQ+ slam poet, Caleb Ferganchick, to explore resistance and liberation in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Poets from all over the American West competed […]
The Slamming Bricks Slam Poetry Competition was started in 2019 by LGBTQ+ slam poet, Caleb Ferganchick, to explore resistance and liberation in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Poets from all over the American West competed in four rounds of poetry in a battle for the brick. This year, with support from the Western Colorado […]
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, two things I truly appreciate are comedy and stories that express the human condition, even better when both intersect. There is one writer who, to me, is an absolute master of storytelling who can take you from laughing to crying in the span of a sentence. His ability […]
Happy New Year everyone!!!! It’s been a crazy year, but I think all of us are ready to leave it behind and step powerfully into 2021. A year that I hope will be full of kindness, compassion, growth, acceptance, love, passion, and joy, for everyone. I’ll take forth some lessons myself, such as […]
My goal with this series of posts was to help people, particularly LGBTQ+ and especially lesbians/wlw people, feel a sense of community and support through tough times, like the end of the year, the holidays, pretty much every day of 2020 since March, or you know, just any day. While I started off the […]
In terms of things I value, right up there with stories that express the human condition is comedy, and I think often the two go hand in hand. When I need a pick-me-up or a break, I often turn to witty comedies (tv series for this list) to make me laugh and return to […]
No matter how I’m feeling, a good song can change my entire mood. So, what better way to kick off this series of posts than a list of songs/anthems to help bring out your inner awesomeness. These are either songs with lyrics that inspire me to express my inner badass/true self and/or music that jolts […]
Why I’m Doing This I think we can all agree that it has been an exceptionally hard year for everyone. And there’s a special place in my heart for LGBTQ+ youth, particularly those living in less open-minded regions, families, communities, etc. and trying to figure out their place in this world and find their […]
Merry Christmas Eve to all who celebrate! Merry WW84 Release Day Eve to everyone:) Today ended up being an incredible, but nonstop, day of interesting conversations related to the post I was planning to make with content to help us all feel a bit more connected and uplifted as we navigate this emotional time of […]