My profile is up on Tutors.com. Please feel free to contact me through the website or directly at professordespres (at) gmail.com for online tutoring information. Topics include: Creative Writing Academic Writing Expository Writing Communications Creative Nonfiction My previous experience is…
Unemployment: Six Weeks In and a New Idea
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Six weeks of unemployment has prompted some soul-searching that I’m sure many others are experiencing. I’ve edited my LinkedIn profile at least…
Month Two
As I sit here contemplating what to write about my road through unemployment during the pandemic, it seems odd to focus on myself when the world is experiencing such challenges. Many people are facing harder times than my own. The…
A New Beginning
Today, I join the ranks of the more than 40 million Americans who have been left unemployed due to the COVID-19 crisis. After two and a half years working as the head writer and editor for the marketing division of…
Free and Discounted Stray Cat Stories E-books for National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day
Stray Cat Stories Children’s Books is offering the e-book version of TRIBBS: THE VERY HANDSOME CAT for FREE this Thursday, April 30, for National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day. I adopted Tribbs from a shelter (through a pet store, as…
“Still Life with PTSD and Geese”
These are strange, almost surreal times. Amidst all the chaos, I was honored to be published by an innovative literary journal called Bending Genres. The April issue came out today, and I can’t wait to read it. My very short…
Publication Date is here for Tribbs: The Very Handsome Cat
It’s National Love Your Pet Day, and for me it’s a double celebration, because it’s also the publication date for Tribbs: The Very Handsome Cat. It took a lot of hard work to bring this heartwarming little book to the…
Coverage for Tribbs in the Register-Star
I was thrilled to see this story about Tribbs: The Very Handsome Cat at HudsonValley360.com, the website for the Register-Star. The Register-Star is the local newspaper in the area of Chatham, New York, where I went to high school in…