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Author: Tweed Jefferson

School Costs Me Thousands of Words Per Week

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

Keeping up with school has been enough to delay the completion of some writing projects. I know, excuses and assholes. The writing therapy workbook is about 85% done. I’m mostly dragging my feet when it comes to writing the intro/outro. Or whatever

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Mental Health, Writing books, depression, martial arts, school, writing Leave a comment

Poem – Stairs

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

  Grimy, dirty, on the stairs When I welcomed you to my home An empty house before   I scrubbed and cleaned But the stain remains A reminder – every morning Every evening   Tearing out the carpet Replacing the stain-resistant padding

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Chronicles of a Mystery Disease

Posted on September 3, 2021August 30, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

A post from earlier this year on possible brain tumor or MS symptoms. Finally met with a neurologist last week (after a YEAR). She thinks it might be from stroke/TIA(s) or epilepsy/seizure disorder. I’ll be getting my head scanned next week (I

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Mental Health depression, epilepsy, medical, mental health, stroke Leave a comment

Depression: The Chicken or the Egg?

Posted on September 1, 2021August 30, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

Another post from last year, moved over from my previous blog. I just saw a neurologist last week and she speculated that it may be stroke/TIA or a seizure disorder instead of MS. I’m supposed to get my head scanned in a couple

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Mental Health depression, disability, epilepsy, medical, neurology, stroke Leave a comment

Writing Therapy Workbook

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

  Now that I have the ‘curriculum’ for the six-week program mostly figured out, I was thinking about making a writing therapy workbook to go along with it. A regular notebook would work just fine, but maybe having a special book for

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A 5150 Holiday

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

Based on my own experience with inpatient mental health, this excerpt from my second serial-killer novel, The Carlin Trend, is my take on investigative journalism: 5150 by John Ambrose-Hemmingway Friday night, six o’clock. I grab my shoulder bag and make my way

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Mental Health, Writing biography, depression, mental health, suicide, writing Leave a comment

New Zodiac Ciphers

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

    Okay, so one of my recent book projects has been a mish-mash of poems, short stories, art and activities. I made a few Zodiac-inspired ciphers to include in the book. Here are the first two. I’ll give a prize to

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Writing books, cipher, codes, serial killer, writing, zodiac Leave a comment

Rockstar Nobody – Chapter One

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

  This is the first chapter of my first novel, Rockstar Nobody, about a serial-killer musician. I’ll post a new chapter here every now and again. You can read this book for free on Kindle Unlimited! Now, on with the show:  

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Seven Tips for Coping

Posted on August 14, 2021August 28, 2021 by Tweed Jefferson

Last week, I took my car to get a spare key cut. After about 15 minutes of waiting in the 100-plus-degree desert sun, the tech told me he couldn’t do it because a port in the car didn’t have power coming to

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Mental Health anxiety, coping, therapy Leave a comment

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