7.23.25 - To Self-Publish?

It’s been a long time. A lot of life has happened in the past four-plus years. At some point, I’ll have to unpack it all. But for now, there’s this:

Gravity’s Reach is 95% finished.

I’ve prepped a cover page and tested out ebook compiling thanks to Scrivener. Deciphering ISBN needs and what it takes to self-publish on various platforms is the current task. I have a terminal draft together that just needs proofreaders. Though, finding proofreaders is the hard part. It would be nice to have feedback. The bleeding heart in me is aware that bias blindness is a likely possibility. I’d prefer to address that before publishing… but at this point, hard to say if that’ll happen or if it would get read at all, anyway. I may just say ‘fuck it’ and send it like a Formula Drift car into turn one at Road Atlanta.

Should I just self-publish? Should I send it out?

But for now, it’s nearing the end of this initial book. Here’s the cover. Yes it’s simple, but that’s who I am. At least it’s a photo of an eclipse and not some stock picture.

4.1.19 - Recovery Day 4 & Excerpts

He could sit here all night, pay his tab, and only the bartender and bouncer would speak to him. Neither would swear knowing Glitch, if pressed. His mind drifted between watching the band and nursing his drink. With two pungent tokes, his heart rate slowed as vape clouds mingled into dive bar haze. He wrapped himself in a comforting blanket of anonymity and bourbon.

Days one through three were rough. Managing pain, resting, and recovering mobility is a bit of work. Thankfully, I have a great support group. I am grateful and lucky.

Don’t know how I’ll ever repay them, but I hope to find a way.

Count the staples

Recovery means feeling like glass
Trembling at the fear of breaking
From every falling drop of rain
Fresh with the painful truths
Of how brittle we feel
When it’s time to heal

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Recover

This’ll be the first in a series of progress pictures over the next few years.