Below is a collection of books where I have donated my writing, assisted in editing, or book cover creation.
Anthologies
From Indie Blu(e) Publishing:
We Will Not Be Silenced:The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art is a collective of powerful voices making a stand with the #MeToo movement.
I was honored to donate three pieces to this anthology. Available worldwide, here.
From Andrews McMeel:
Crown Anthology is a collective,
featuring one hundred top poets
from the Instagram community.
I was honored to be included and donated a piece, which will never be published elsewhere.
Available worldwide, here.
From Penguin Poetry NYC:
Yellow is a collective of sixty-six unique voices from across the world, each sharing a piece of themselves.
I was honored to be invited to write the Forward, Dedication, and donate a piece. I also created the cover.
From Sudden Denouement Publishing:
Anthology Volume I: Writings from the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective is a collective anthology featuring twenty-nine writers.
I was honored to be included and have donated four pieces (one of which will never be published elsewhere).
The proceeds of this book go towards the publication of more memorable books.
This book released at #1 in Amazon’s Poetry Anthologies.
From @ByMePoetry on Instagram:
POETICA is an anthology, (a collective of regional accounts) featuring two hundred of Instagram’s best poets.
It was an honor to be asked to donate a piece, which will never be published elsewhere.
Poetry Contributions
All The Lonely People by Nicholas Gagnier:
A poetry collection featuring a large collaboration of which I proudly donated my portion.
This is a follow-up to 2017’s Swear To Me once again uses poetry to examine the pitfalls of mental illness and depression. Featuring over twenty writers from all different walks of life.
wild is she by wilder:
This includes a piece in the collaborative section titled: Conversations In the Sky, in which my portion was donated.
wild is she is a poetic collection of imagery and words joined together to tell a story of beauty and diversity, discovering the wild and unknown. in celebration of the imperfect, charming & peculiar, wilder explores the art of adventure and leaves it to be found in the palms of your hands.
Swear To Me by Nicholas Gagnier:
A poetry collection featuring a large collaboration of which I proudly donated my portion.
This is a follow-up to 2013’s Ground Zero. Once again, this poetry collection examines the pitfalls of mental illness and depression. Whereas we were once trying to write our way to a better world, these days we write just to survive the one we inhabit. Featuring twenty-two writers from all different walks of life, Swear to Me is a story about letting go and giving up ideals any grander than necessary, just to quell the anxiety of living with our ghosts another day.
The Ship Of The Starved: The Last Voyage Of The Blessed Mary (now a part of The Raven Redux And Other Poems) by Alexander Bentley:
It was a pleasure to create this cover. I also edited the manuscript.
What happened on the ship is detailed in a horrifying letter that one passenger — a young adventurous man — was able to drop into a bottle and toss in the ocean.
A Poet’s Manifesto by Alexander Bentley:
I edited the manuscript.
The author and poet describes his theory on composing poems, their mental benefits, and the persuasion of everyday language.
The Raven Redux And Other Poems by Alexander Bentley:
It was a pleasure to both edit this manuscript and write the Forward.
A bone-chilling foray into modern romanticism with a gothic twist. The Raven Redux and Other Poems is a collection of dark poetry.
Find out more about Alexander Bentley here.
Between My Bleeding Lines by R. C. Gonzales:
It was a pleasure to create this cover. I also edited the manuscript.
Between My Bleeding Lines is a collection of 100 free verse poems about love and loss and finding yourself in the process. The art of loving, the pain of losing, and the beauty of healing are shown in the book’s three chapters: For Granted, Forgotten and Forbearer.
Find out more about R. C. Gonzales here.
I wrote, edited, and assisted in creating the covers for the first several books of the Earthen Witch Universe. Second editions, and all new covers were created by me.
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