Dear Unsealsers,

As the second half of September is about to begin, it comes with a special announcement.

The paperback edition of my poetry book, “A Poetic Journey, Staying At Home” went live on Amazon earlier this week. It is being published by The Key Publishing House.

This isn’t the first life this book has had, though. I self-published it back in October 2020 as an e-book. It became my finishing project after completing the author and business coach Cathy Heller’s twelve-week program, Made To Do This. But as I stared at the poster that Canva made for me with the book’s cover art, I wasn’t satisfied. I wanted to have the feel of actually having the book in my hands.

As the proof copy of the book arrived on Wednesday, all I felt was joy. I couldn’t show it off to everyone and revel in the accomplishment.

These twenty-one poems were written in the spring of 2020. At the time, I was furloughed from my previous job at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. I had more time than I knew what to do with as I wouldn’t be back to work until July of that year.

On the advice of one of my Made To Do This colleagues, I gathered the poems for a crude manuscript to send to Bull City Press for their Inch magazine. I didn’t make it in, but I was inspired to see this book into the world.

Twenty-one poems. Running the gamut from coming to terms with my Cerebral Palsy (CP) to reliving Ecuador’s first gold medal in the Olympics (Oro) to an ode to a place that I loved to visit (Nissa La Bella).

This isn’t the only stop on the Poetic Journey. There is a follow-up in the works, A Poetic Summer. Within the next year or so, I hope to complete the master plan of four poetry books, based on the four seasons.

I know this letter was a shameless promotion, but I wanted to reach out to all my communities.

I feel a major sense of accomplishment that this has come to bear.