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The Holding Of One's Breath

There you are, washing dishes at the party, like you live there, trying to act like you belong somewhere you don’t.

There you are, taking your phone out, looking at an empty screen, just so you don’t have to look at anyone else.

There you are, holding your breath until your face turns blue for no other reason than to show you can. 

There you are, alone, and yet bigger than the sea.

The Death Of The Difficult Thing

Do the difficult thing.

Not the easy thing.

The easy thing will let you live but the difficult thing will kill you, unless you kill it first.

Find where the difficult thing hides, in its difficult cave, in the difficult dark.

Then take your knife, and stab it, in its stupid, difficult heart.*

Now paint your face in difficult blood.

Walk out into the light after the long, difficult night, and show the world what horrible damage you have done.

Let them fear you.

You are the difficult killer.




*Get out of bed. Take care of yourself. Write one sentence. Write the sentence after that. Talk to someone. Go to the thing you said you'd go to. Avoid doing the thing you said you wouldn't. Open the curtains. Go to bed when you planned to. Forgive people who don't deserve to be forgiven and then forget them. Look in-between the cracks to find the reasons why you are. Eat. Eat alone in public spaces if you need to. Let go of what you need to let go of. Get on the train. Answer/avoid your emails. Do just one thing that moves you closer to being the person you want to be.

The Smoke On The Horizon

Did you think I would hurt forever?

This is what survival looks like.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles! Tonight! 7:30pm at The Last Book Store! Come and sign my book! 

Finale Dates And Times

Click here for the exact dates and times.

2018 North American Tour Dates

These are all the dates and places I’ll be in America over the next 3 months - We still do not have venues unfortunately for several cities, if you’re reading this and you know a book store, university, or elsewhere that could use the business and could host all of us for a few hours on the dates indicated, email my publisher on michelle@centralavenuepublishing.com or me at pleasefindthis@gmail.com - Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Portland ME.


DALLAS Books-A-Million 7pm 20 April 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy #408, Grapevine, TX 
HOUSTON Books-A-Million 2pm 22 April 5000 Katy Mills Cir #221, Katy, TX 
 LOS ANGELES  Unconfirmed 25-29 April 
PORTLAND Unconfirmed 6-8 May 
SEATTLE Unconfirmed 10-13 May 
VANCOUVER Indigo 7pm 15 May 4700 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC 
CHICAGO Books-A-Million 7pm 18 May Naperville IL 2nd & Charles 
Volumes Bookcafe 6pm 20 May 1474 N. Milwaukee Avenue 
DETROIT Unconfirmed 22-24 May 
TORONTO Indigo 7pm 26 May 2300 Yonge Street 
NEW YORK Books-A-Million Time TBA 29 May 2200 Wrangleboro Rd, Mays Landing, 
Strand Book Store Time TBA 30 May 828 Broadway 
BookExpo 10:45 1 June Javitz Centre 
BookCon 5:15 2 June Javitz Centre 
BOSTON/PORTLAND ME Unconfirmed 5-7 June

The 2018 North American Tour

Details and dates coming soon.

The Way Home

Life is a kind of magic trick the body does and once it’s over, you’re left with a hat with a hole in it and a white dove that’s flown away. And it makes you want to say,

“That’s it? That’s all we are?"

But you need to remember: That's not us.

We're the dove, flying home.

The View From History Books

I think there's a way to listen to music late at night on your own that slowly turns you into dust.
I think there’s good in every one of us.
I think we need to forgive the people who hurt us.
I think we’ve all been punished enough.