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Dec 6, 2022

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Utter Failure

Personal failure is difficult to discuss. It’s is painful enough to admit one’s state of complete and utter failure to one’s self — let alone to soliloquize about to an internet full of strangers. So I’m going to hide behind the shield of metaphor, for a moment. In writer/director Dan…

Essay

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Utter Failure
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Utter Failure
Essay

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Dec 7, 2021

The time I fired my first (WASPy female) author

Ah, privilege — it makes fools of us all. — She was everything an infant indie publishing house could want in an author. Or, at least, that’s how it appeared on the surface. Her manuscript was written, edited, forwarded, and even formatted. It was cheeky, funny, heartwrenching, and vibrant. It targeted a profitable intersection of recovering Christians and new age…

Books

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The time I fired my first (WASPy female) author
The time I fired my first (WASPy female) author
Books

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Oct 16, 2021

The “Cannabis Safety Act” is dangerous to Michiganders

Our legislature has a serious monopoly addiction, and it’s destroying lives. — Everyone in Michigan should care about what’s happening with our state’s marijuana legislature right now. Yes: I mean you. Because, whether you realize it or not, it affects us all. Every one of us either is, or has in our life a person who at one point or another will…

Politics

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The “Cannabis Safety Act” is dangerous to Michiganders
The “Cannabis Safety Act” is dangerous to Michiganders
Politics

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Published in cosgrrrl

·Oct 1, 2021

COSGRRRL is seeking a digital editor (UPDATED)

Hey there! Long time no read. COSGRRRL the digital magazine has not only gone to print — it’s created a monster. More specifically: a new indie press called creativeonion Press, which specializes in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by outsider authors. What does that mean for you? Well, one of a…

Publishing

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COSGRRRL is seeking a digital editor
COSGRRRL is seeking a digital editor
Publishing

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Sep 20, 2021

I’m a teacher. I’m never quitting.

But I’ll probably lose my job soon, anyway. — My colleague here on Medium, Jessica Wildfire, recently published a piece titled “I’m a Teacher. I’m About to Quit.”. I’ve always enjoyed Jessica’s work, and I have a lot of respect for her and many of her views. I have to say I really didn’t enjoy the flavor of her…

Education

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I’m a teacher. I’m never quitting.
I’m a teacher. I’m never quitting.
Education

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Aug 26, 2021

On the form of anti-colonialist literature

Shedding oppression sometimes requires shedding rules of standard spelling — It’s a real buzzy word right now. Anti-colonialist. It’s often paired with anti-capitalist, and sometimes swapped for anti-imperialism. It conjures the image of a black-clad, umbrella armored hooligan busting bank windows to destroy the system, doesn’t it? In the context of literature, it conjures a spectacle of radical manifestoes —…

Anti Colonialism

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On the form of anti-colonialist literature
On the form of anti-colonialist literature
Anti Colonialism

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Aug 25, 2021

Please stop buying your sh*t from Amazon. Love, Indie Publishing.

It’s not Amazon that’s killing our profit margin: it’s customers. — Let me tell you a little story from my life, as an indie book publisher. *spoiler alert:* It’s about how Amazon fucks over small business. I know: shocking. Let’s start by pointing out that when I, as a publisher, sell books through Amazon (as I must, to survive in the…

Publishing

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Please stop buying your sh*t from Amazon. Love, Indie Publishing.
Please stop buying your sh*t from Amazon. Love, Indie Publishing.
Publishing

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Aug 18, 2021

RELEASE: Burnt out female creative director launches anti-colonialist indie press, because why the fuck not

creativeonion Press celebrates outsider voices with release of first two black-authored titles, forges ahead where mainstream publishers fear to tread “There’s something freeing about having little left to lose,” says creativeonion Press founder and publisher, Marjorie Steele. “For me, starting the press wasn’t so much a conscious decision, as it…

Publishing

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RELEASE: Burnt out female creative director launches anti-colonialist indie press, because why the…
RELEASE: Burnt out female creative director launches anti-colonialist indie press, because why the…
Publishing

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Aug 18, 2021

RELEASE: SOUL COLLECTOR is the urban folklore fiction readers are looking for

Female-founded creativeonion Press publishes black bard Duvay Knox’s first gripping novella — “This is the most important book of the year,” says Manny of Duvay Knox’s new novella, SOUL COLLECTOR, on Amazon’s book reviews. “I LOVED this book!” says Douglas. …

Books

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SOUL COLLECTOR is the urban folklore fiction readers are looking for
SOUL COLLECTOR is the urban folklore fiction readers are looking for
Books

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Aug 18, 2021

RELEASE: “Songs for the Cleveland Avenue Warriors” is an epic poetic debut about race and class in Chicago’s south side

Emergent black author Gary E. Moore exercises demons of the past, present, and future in his first poetry chapbook, published by creativeonion Press “Revolution is in the air,” says Gary E. Moore in his first book of poetry; “while we stand at the brink / of the kitchen sink /…

Books

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RELEASE: “Songs for the Cleveland Avenue Warriors” is an epic poetic debut about race and class in…
RELEASE: “Songs for the Cleveland Avenue Warriors” is an epic poetic debut about race and class in…
Books

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poet, educator, hillbilly gnostic pagan. teaching business to designers.

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