Category: Nonfiction

Everything you read in the nonfiction category is true. It may be rather mundane, but I promise it’s true. I haven’t lived a very exciting life, so a good question would be then why am I writing nonfiction? It’s not like I have any skydiving stories in which my parachute didn’t eject. The answer is, I have no idea.

Snapping Green Beans with Granny

The novel that wasn’t a novel

Photo: Poster Boy. “Metamorphosized.” Licensed by CC BY 2.0

A pocket knife from my grandfather

Photo: Jeffrey Pillow. "Winchester Stockman Bone Handle Pocket Knife from my Grandfather.

A father’s letter to his children on Father’s Day

Fish Swim Forth and Stay

Hello, Anxiety. I Know You Are There

Anxiety. Abstract expressionism. Photo: Chris Murtagh. “couple3.” Licensed under CC BY 2.0

In response to Phenix Being Named to the 10 Small Towns In Virginia Where You’d Never Want To Live

Photo: Alan Levine. “Phenix, Virginia” Licensed under CC BY 2.0

One bacon, egg, and cheese bagel later

Letter to my Grandmother

Interview with Sean Beaudoin, author of Welcome Thieves

Photo of author Sean Beaudoin (Welcome Thieves) from what appears to be his high school graduation

Overcoming Anxiety: What is Anxiety?

There is not a saber tooth tiger actually lurking in your office

3 Reasons We Were Meant to be Together

reasons we were meant to be together

Overcoming Anxiety: Meet the Author

anxiety photo memoir

We None Truly Ever Die

childhood friends

Overcoming Anxiety: An Introduction

winding running trail

How to Make a Grown Man Cry

While On a Run, I Met a Man Who Had Lost 80 Percent of His Hip to Lymphoma. He Talked, I Listened

Popcorn cell in nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma

Lord, Help Me Be the Person My Dog Thinks I Am

English springer spaniel beside tree

Two Simple Words

Photo: Daniel Novotny. “Tilley for JKPP.” Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Hi, My Name is Jeff, and I Suffer from Anxiety

Do I Pack for My Dad’s Funeral?

Pupping looking in the mirror

Let It Wayne

Photo: Jerome Carpenter. "Wayne gets his props." Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Text Messages with Friends: The Longtime Friend

What brings value to my life?