Socal Stories

I decided to keep an online journal in an effort to get back into the flow of writing and to have a presence online. In this journal, I will talk about my experiences with the Backcountry Trails Program (BCTP), the California Conservation Corps (CCC), college experiences, and other things that I may come across during the next year. I'll try to keep it interesting and try my hardest to be vulnerable with you which might be a challenge. Anyways, thanks for reading if you do end up reading it.

Aria Murkoff has finally figured out what she's meant to do in life, and that means pursuing the one thing that keeps her stable: Music. Beginning as a young pianist prodigy and turning into a hell-bent guitarist (as her mother lovingly puts it), Ari isn't foreign to the concept of self-preservation and emotional integrity. That is, until a despicable childhood "friend" returns from Australia and disrupts Ari's newfound inner peace. Soon discovering that living life solo proves to be difficult, Ari reevaluates her attitude all due in part of a really, really annoying guy.

***Preview of the first 5 chapters*** For seventeen-year-old Bria Hale, image is everything. She’s a militant vegan with purple hair, Doc Martens and a permanent scowl. Kissing captain of the football team Ben Harris? Definitely not part of that image. Now with each secret kiss, she’s falling deeper for the boy every girl at Oceanside High is crushing on. Throw in a few forbidden bacon cheeseburgers and she’s facing one major identity crisis. Ignoring Ben should be easy, but when a flashy display of artistic spirit lands her in close quarters after hours with the boy she’s too cool to like, she can’t keep pretending those kisses meant nothing. With her reputation and her heart on a collision course, Bria must either be true to herself or to the persona she’s spent all of high school creating. The Art of Falling, published by Bloomsbury Spark, is available in its entirety wherever ebooks are sold.

Cesilia Eastwood never thought that picking up a football player's phone instead of her own would put her predictable life in a whirlwind that may just mess everything up. Or make everything better. ☆ ☆ ☆ Cesilia has always been in the shadows of her football star twin brother but when she unknowingly swaps phones with a mysterious someone she finds out plays football for her school, she keeps her 'Coden's sister' identity a secret. They find themselves continuing to communicate with one another while their identities remain hidden from each other, learning who the other really is underneath everything. Cesilia slowly starts falling for the mysterious boy, despite her life long crush on a family friend. But when it finally comes to the time they can both meet up to get their phones back, identities are revealed to each other and outward complications make a relationship between the two seem almost impossible. But nothing's impossible, right?

Chris used to be forced to do whatever a voice in his head use to say, but now he is free and looking for a way out of his past.

When a near-Earth asteroid and the arrival of a young girl and her family reveals the existence of extra terrestrial life, a park ranger, a bohemian woman, along with a boy and his friends, encounter dangerous government forces determined to hide the truth at all costs.

This is my essay on Anne Boleyn, an old queen of England. Tell me what you think! :)

Alexandr Blake is a young marine photographer who is out trying to prove to his parents that he didn't ruin his life by not becoming a lawyer. But after a tragic diving accident leading to the death of his best friend and coworker, Alexandr is sent to the Leeward Islands to mentally recover after the accident-against his will. When he shuts everyone out except for an amnesia patient staying on the mainland, he ends up on a wild goose chase to find a sunken submarine, a missing father, and a deep sea fish only seen a handful of times. After searching the world for an answer he can't seem to find, Alexandr takes a step back and realizes the truth may have been right in front of him the whole time.

This past year (2020) has been a chaotic one for a lot of us, and I believe that we will all require much therapy for 2020 and beyond. I've been working on a poetry exercise that will gauge my creativity. I wanna call my project Stressfun, because I wanna talk about some issues but at the same time evoke a sense of positivity in that there is life after struggles. I don't know how well the finished project will fare as a paid release, but I'll get there when I get there. For now, I just want to see how far I can go, and that's why I only want to come out with five poems. Think of this as a demo EP before a studio album release, and lots of feedback would be appreciated. Three poems will be "stress", two poems will be "fun".

A girl of mostly German decent begins to question her family, her sexuality, her religion, her friends, and her roots, as she grows up, and discovers more and more of who she wants to be. She will have to face those she loves, as well as fears, to get where she wants to go. She will brace herself against the winds behind the voices who wish to tie her young, rebellious spirit down, as she spreads her wings and explores her world.

College student Camilla Drake is in love with the sun, the surf, and her childhood sweetheart. They have known each other forever and even decided to attend the same college last year. After the sudden separation of her parents over Christmas break she takes a job in South America to distance herself from the memories as she learns to cope. Working for a family's orphan ministry may give her the purpose and direction she's been missing since her world got turned upside-down. The jungle can make one do crazy things, but will it be enough to mend her heart and restore her to the vibrant girl she used to be?

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When a young movie star decides to trade in his sunglasses for a monk's cowl, he finds himself confronted with more than spiritual mysteries. A murder at the desert monastery the same day John Paul arrives to begin his novitiate sends the tabloids into a tizzy, and the actor-turned-monk is soon pursuing the culprit with the same cunning daring as the locale's seasoned detective.