Everything I’ve Got Left: What is It?

In 2015, I compiled a collection of poems, essays, and short stories that I had written over the years, into a book called “Everything I’ve Got.” I was very proud of the book, but within weeks of publication, I had people pointing out a few typos, and other errors in formatting. I had self-edited, and self published, and it showed.

In addition to the technical errors, there were pieces that I became unhappy with overtime. Eventually I pulled it from publication. I’ve changed a lot in the last 9 years, and I had changed a lot over the 5-10 that I had spent writing those pieces. I don’t want to say I’m ashamed of them—I’m certainly not—but they do not represent who I am as a person, or as a writer anymore.

Over the last few years, I’ve shared with some friends the remaining copies that I had of the book. As I did, I realized that I was unhappy with the disconnect of removing the book from publication. I decided, that I wanted to take what I was proud of, and what needed some refining, as well as some new things that I’ve written, and republish them.

I’ve been working on this for a while, and thought that I would start by sharing them here as I complete each individual piece. I’m going to put these posts behind the paid subscription, since I plan on publishing them as a new book. I’ll have samples, so you can see if you want to read some of each before deciding to subscribe.

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