GumRoad For Short Story Writers

GumRoad For Short Story Writers

GumRoad For Short Story Writers

GumRoad For Short Story Writers


DriveThruRPG and GumRoad both have the option to set pay what you want so the reader can choose their own price, called "Pay What You Want". Self-publishing short stories on Gumroad provides a unique opportunity for authors to showcase their talent and connect directly with readers. With the "Pay What You Want" feature, authors can empower their audience to support their work at a price that feels right to them. Gumroad offers a user-friendly platform that allows authors to easily upload and distribute their short stories, reaching a global audience hungry for engaging content. By self-publishing on Gumroad, authors have full control over their pricing, distribution, and marketing strategies, giving them the freedom to experiment and adapt to their readers' preferences. Whether you're an aspiring writer looking to share your creative voice or an established author seeking a new avenue for your short stories, Gumroad provides the tools and flexibility to bring your literary dreams to life.

Sounds like GumRoad is the one you are thinking of, but there is no fee. I have seen people say GumRoad has a start up fee, and that seems to be some sort of weird fake news internet rumor, because I use GumRoad and they have no fee. I wonder if maybe they did have a fee years ago, before I started using it? I've used it since 2021 and they've been around since 2011, so could be they used to have a fee a long time ago, but they haven't charged fees since at least 2021.

Yes, Gumroad is the platform I am referring to, and it is indeed a fee-free platform for self-publishing short stories. While there may have been rumors circulating about a startup fee, it's important to note that as of 2021, Gumroad does not charge any fees to creators for using their platform. It's possible that there may have been a fee in the past, but in recent years, Gumroad has provided a fee-free experience for authors to publish and sell their short stories directly to readers. This makes Gumroad an attractive option for self-published authors looking for a hassle-free and cost-effective platform to share their work and connect with their audience.

GumRoad is very similar to Amazon KDP when it comes to royalties. Except GumRoad pays way more.

GumRoad takes 10% and so you the author keep 90%, whereas Amazon you only earn 70% or 35% depending on which program you sign up for. DriveThruRPG offers 80% or 65% depending on which program you sign up for.

I use all 3. The way I have my accounts set up, I earn 90% from GumRoad, 70% from Amazon KDP, and 65% from DriveThruRPG.

Gumroad provides a competitive royalty structure for self-published short stories, offering authors a generous 90% royalty rate on their sales. In comparison, Amazon KDP typically pays authors either 70% or 35% royalties, depending on the pricing and program chosen. DriveThruRPG offers authors an 80% or 65% royalty rate, depending on the program selected. By utilizing all three platforms, authors can diversify their revenue streams and maximize their earnings. With Gumroad's 10% fee, authors still retain a significant portion of their sales, ensuring a fair compensation for their creative work. The flexibility of earning 90% from Gumroad, 70% from Amazon KDP, and 65% from DriveThruRPG allows authors to tailor their publishing strategy to their individual goals and preferences.

I like GumRoad very much, but they are digital only, and the system is a bit old school. By that I mean you have to directly TYPE (or copy paste) your text into a text box, then save it. So there is absolutely ZERO way to format your book, and readers are simply unlocking the ability to read your book on the GumRoad website. There is no ability to download your ebook onto their phone or pc.

While Gumroad may have some limitations in terms of formatting and downloading options, it still offers a valuable platform for self-published short stories. The focus on digital delivery ensures quick access to readers, and the ability to read directly on the Gumroad website offers convenience and ease of use. Additionally, Gumroad provides authors with the opportunity to connect directly with their audience and build a loyal readership. By leveraging Gumroad's platform, authors can showcase their work, receive direct feedback, and establish their presence in the self-publishing market.

GumRoad was not designed for books. It's basically an article subscription site, similar to Medium. So it's designed to allow readers to pay to unlock articles to read on the GumRoad site, not for readers to download ebooks. Because of this GumRoad works really well for short stories but is not that great for novels.

While Gumroad may not be specifically tailored for novels, it still offers a viable platform for self-publishing short stories. Its focus on article subscription and unlocking content aligns well with the format of short stories, allowing authors to effectively monetize their work. Gumroad's user-friendly interface and payment options provide a seamless experience for readers, making it a convenient platform to discover and enjoy short stories. Despite its emphasis on articles, Gumroad's flexibility and adaptability make it a valuable tool for self-published authors seeking to share their short stories with a wide audience.

So, if you are writing stories under 20k words, I would highly recommend GumRoad as it's great for that. But if your stories are over 20k words I would say to use DriveThruRPG or Amazon instead as they are better for longer works.

If your self-published short stories fall within the range of under 20k words, Gumroad is a fantastic choice to showcase and monetize your work. Its user-friendly platform and pay-what-you-want model make it an attractive option for readers looking for bite-sized fiction. However, for longer works exceeding 20k words, DriveThruRPG and Amazon present more suitable platforms with broader reach and tailored features for novel-length stories. These platforms offer better discoverability and formatting options, ensuring a seamless reading experience for readers of longer works. Consider the length and goals of your stories when choosing the most appropriate platform to maximize their potential and reach a wider audience.

Also GumRoad does ZERO marketing and they don't have a storefront, so you are relying 100% on your own ability to post links on Twitter and ONLY Twitter. Each product you create on GumRoad automatically creates a Twitter share link, and that's the only thing GumRoad gives you for marketing.

When considering self-publishing short stories on Gumroad, it's important to note that the platform doesn't offer built-in marketing tools or a dedicated storefront. As an author, you will need to take charge of promoting your works through social media platforms, with Twitter being the primary channel for sharing your Gumroad links. While Gumroad provides an automatic Twitter share link for each product, it's crucial to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy beyond this limited scope to reach a wider audience. Engage in social media campaigns, collaborate with fellow authors, and explore additional promotional avenues to amplify the visibility of your short stories and attract readers to your Gumroad offerings.

So in order for you to get sales via GumRoad you will need some heavy duty marketing know how. Unfortunately there are thousands of writers on GumRoad and only maybe a dozen who are actually earning an income, because 100% of the marketing is all on you.

To generate sales through Gumroad for your self-published short stories, it's essential to possess strong marketing skills and knowledge. With thousands of writers on Gumroad, competition is fierce, and success largely depends on your ability to stand out and promote your works effectively. Remember that 100% of the marketing responsibility rests on your shoulders, making it crucial to develop a robust marketing strategy, leverage social media platforms, engage with your target audience, and explore innovative promotional techniques to maximize visibility and drive sales. With the right marketing know-how and a proactive approach, you can increase your chances of success and join the select few who are earning a significant income on Gumroad.

I take the actual url and I use html code to create a link, and I post the book cover art on my author website and a link to the product sales page on GumRoad. But I get enough traffic to my author website for this to work for me (I was traditionally published and had a big seller in the 1980s so people direct type my name into Google search, end up finding my author website, and then click through to buying my stuff from that... my method only works because I was already a household name before I started self publishing... my method probably would not work for someone just getting started).

With places like Amazon or DriveThruRPG at least you have a storefront with a search feature, so you can get away with zero marketing and still get a few sales just via people finding you in the storefront. But GumRoad has no storefront. It does have a database index, but it's near impossible to find anything in it if you do not know the exact title of the book. The index is just this long list that scrolls for miles, sorted by new release, and while it has a search box, the search box is mostly useless.

Unlike platforms like Amazon or DriveThruRPG, Gumroad lacks a dedicated storefront with a robust search feature, making it challenging for readers to discover your works organically. The platform relies heavily on the creator's marketing efforts, as the database index is cumbersome to navigate, and the search box is often ineffective in delivering accurate results. Without a storefront or an efficient search functionality, the visibility of your self-published short stories on Gumroad heavily relies on your promotional initiatives and directing potential readers directly to your product links. To optimize your success on Gumroad, it's essential to leverage external marketing channels and platforms to drive traffic to your specific product pages and increase your chances of sales.

So I do highly recommend GumRoad BUT I also warn to use caution, as it's NOT beginner friendly and it requires huge levels of marketing skill to get traffic to your products, but then your product is going to be something that your reader can only access on the GumRoad website, which has shitty mobile interface, meaning the phone app rarely functions. So readers will be forced to read your book on their pc screen from the GumRoad website.

While Gumroad can be a valuable platform for self-publishing short stories, it's important to approach it with caution, especially if you're new to self-publishing. The success of your Gumroad products heavily relies on your marketing skills and ability to drive traffic to your offerings. Additionally, it's worth noting that Gumroad's mobile interface, particularly the phone app, may have limitations and functionality issues, making it less convenient for readers who prefer accessing content on their mobile devices. As a result, readers may need to resort to reading your books on a PC screen through the Gumroad website. Therefore, it's essential to consider your target audience's reading preferences and the potential limitations of the platform before making a decision.

It works well for short stories as readers keep coming back for more and can read them from their personal library of stories they bought. But it doesn't work good for novels because most readers don't want to sit for hours on their pc staring at a neon pink website, and yes, the GumRoad website is neon pink, because bubblegum is their whole logo and everything.

I know some users have used the "physical product" option, to create a pdf that downloads from their own author website and then use GumRoads "redirect to physical product " feature to use GumRoad as a checkout only, but then send the reader to the author website to download a pdf from there. I have not tried this method so I'm not sure how that all works.

For me, I write a lot of 5k word short stories that are too short for Amazon, so I just put those all on GumRoad and set "pay what you want" with the suggested price of $2. So far, no one has ever paid under $2. Every one seems to just go with whatever the suggested price is. My longest GumRoad book is 35k words, and I think that is the upper limit on what I would put on GumRoad just because of how readers can only read it on the GumRoad site and it's difficult to read more than 35k in one sitting. I would say that keeping stories under 20k words is far better and sticking to 5k to 10k word per story is the best range for dealing with GumRoad. All my GumRoad stuff is pay what you want with $2 suggested price regardless of word count.

Hope that helps.


Eta...

Forgot to say, to see your finished product, you go to the sales page (link is in your dashboard) and add it to your shopping cart, same as if you were a reader buying it. Then proceed to the checkout and "buy" the book. It will not charge you. Instead it will open a pop-up notifying you that as you are the author, you will be delivered the book for free. Afterwards you go back to your dashboard, and in the menu, go to your reader library and your book will appear in the list of books you bought. Click the book from there and it opens the GumRoad reader page where you can now read the book and see what the finished product looks like for readers.

Also, you can edit your book after publishing, as many times as you want. Even though I edit my stuff, I always find typos that slipped through and end up editing again after publishing. GumRoad has no limits on how many times you can edit and republish a product, and the edits go live instantly, so you don't have to wait 72 hours like Amazon does.

So, I was over on Reddit, you like I often am, and found this question. And answered it, like I do. However, the answer I initially gave was a simple generic answer. If you want to read my original answer unaltered, simply click on Reddit's embed feature links which Reddit provides for webmasters to be able to post their answers on their websites, while linking back to the original thread on Reddit (if you didn't know Reddit offered and encouraged the use of this feature, look for it in the "share" features underneath every post, comment, and reply on Reddit).

I am answering random questions today about writing, self-publishing, character creation, and world building, over on Reddit and decided to take my answers from there and expand upon them even further over here. So that's what this page is. Me rambling on about various aspects of world building techniques I use when writing the Quaraun series. The questions I am answering are embedded here. Clicking the link in the embedded question will take you to the original Reddit page where you can see the original answer along with other people's answers. If you wish to comment, you can do so on the Reddit page where a place to do so is provided.

In any case, as with all of my Reddit answers found on my site here, my original post on Reddit is much shorter then the article here.


Where to find more info on my methods to writing Elf culture, Elf society, Elf ethics, and the Elven way of life (aka other writing related articles that started out in life as Reddit answers):

  1. What makes an Elf an Elf?
  2. Moon Elves - Albinism in The Quaraun Series.
  3. How To Write Hot Sex - Video Interview On Elf Sex Lives
  4. On Writing A Clinically Insane Character Accurately, While Avoiding The Psychopath Stereotype
  5. Wizards vs Witches vs Sorcerers: How are they different?
  6. FAQs About Quaraun
  7. Psychedelics In A 'High' High Fantasy World (High Elves Getting High)
  8. High, High Elves: Elves on Opium | Drug Use 
  9. Writing Horror That Features Violence Against Children 
  10. Spell-casting Side Effects of Magic
  11. Child Sacrifice in Fantasy Novels
  12. Meet the Characters - Who is GhoulSpawn
  13. Marriage in Moon Elf Culture 

The Complete Index To Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Moon Elf Society, But Was Afraid To Ask;

or

The Zaharam-Chapelle-Parunas  Ethnographical World Building Questionnaire





While there are around 20k pages on this website, most of them are blocked from search engines, with only around 800 of them available for appearing in Google/Bing/etc search results. The remainder can only be accessed via the various links found throughout this site. This was done deliberately on my part, and I did it because the bulk of the pages on this website are chapters from 138 novels and 423 novellas, so only the first page of each novel and novella indexed by search engines, and the remainder are linked in order, one page at a time, via clicking "next page" at the end of each. So if you are looking for a specific page from a specific novel, Google can't help you.



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i just found out there is yet another bizarre rumour going around. where are these wild rumours coming from? who is starting them? and why?

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since I've been flooded with hundreds of messages the past two weeks asking if I still own "the world's most haunted car", yes, and here it is, filmed today May 18, 2026… but my son Xavier is dead, i am crippled and given that people are AGAIN showing up calling my Dodge "haunted", calling my friend "an alien", calling me "transgender", and spreading wild defamation slander connecting me to Stephen King, I think I need to start taking down the contact information of every blogger, podcaster, youtuber, and social media account spreading these rumors, and sue every single one of them for CAUSING my car to be cut in half May 10, 2010, for CAUSING the backhoe that drove over my house August 8, 2013, for CAUSING my son's murder November 14, 2013, for CAUSING me to be crippled and in a wheelchair November 14, 2013, and for CONTINUING to CAUSE harassers to show up in person to harass me near daily, STILL now in 2026. EVERYONE telling you my car is haunted, telling you my friend is an alien, calling my car "the goldeneagle", calling my friend "Etiole", or trying to connect me or my car to Stephen King, is lying to you. They crippled me when I was 8 months pregnant, and a woman with a golf club, severed my spine and bashed my baby's head in, I spent 9 years relearning to walk, and the FBI is 13 years into the murder investigation and not yet identified the attacker who crippled me and killed my baby, both violently with a golf club and the FBI believes that it is friends and family of the woman who did it, are the ones who started and spread the rumors saying my car is haunted, saying I'm an alien abductee, saying all kinds of similar bs about aliens, ufos, ghosts, witchcraft, demons, and Stephen King connections, even though I don't believe in ghosts, aliens, ufos, demons, and had never heard of Stephen King before 30k of his fans showed up in my yard trying to find my car! FBI believes the backhoe driver and the murderer are the same person and it is a developer who wanted my land and so started the Stephen King, ghost, and alien rumors all in an attempt to drive me off my land, and when it didn't work they drove a backhoe over my house, and when that didn't work they crippled me and killed my son. Why are they doing this? How do I get them to stop?

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Do you know who drove this backhoe over my house at 146 Portland Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Maine on August 8, 2013? If you have any information, please give it to FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 of the Portland, Maine FBI office.

My house at 146 Portland Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 4, 2013, photo taken because we had just finished building a baby room on the back. vs My house August 8, 2013, when the same group of people (yes group, the golf club woman was not alone when she attacked November 14, 2013, nor was she alone with her second attack July 2016.) who murdered my son on November 14, 2013 at Southern Maine Community College and crippled me July 26, 2016 at scarborough WalMart,... they arrived the first time with a backhoe on August 8, 2013, that they used to drive over my house, during a time of day that I normally was home asleep... I had to work a different shift at the Waffle Cone Pizza Food Truck at George's Parking Lot by Bill's Pizza at the OBB Peir, that day, otherwise, I too would be at the bottom of a landfill, along with my house and everything I owned that was also in the house. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and have been homeless for just under 14 years, homeless ever since....

... which means it is now only a few weeks from the 14th anniversary of my son's murder. I was 8 month pregnant November 14, 2013, and a student ay SMCC, and coming out of the Buglight Lighthouse art studio after art class, when a still unidentifiedwoman wielding a golf club attacked me, severed my spine, while I was 8 months pregnant, triggered early labour, then killed my son minutes after he was born.

While accusing me of being transgender, screaming "transvestite freak" and "look at that thing, that's Ken's son in a dress"... while I was 8 months pregnant.

eelkats_house_before_after.jpgMy house at 146 Portland Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 4, 2013, photo taken because we had just finished building a baby room on the back. vs My house August 8, 2013, when the same group of people (yes group, the golf club woman was not alone when she attacked November 14, 2013, nor was she alone with her second attack July 2016.) who murdered my son and crippled me, arrived the first time with a backhoe that they used to drive over my house, during a time of day that I normally was home asleep... I had to work a different shift at the Waffle Cone Pizza Food Truck at George's Parking Lot by Bill's Pizza at the OBB Peir, that day, otherwise, I too would be at the bottom of a landfill, along with my house and everything I owned that was also in the house. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and have been homeless for just under 14 years, homeless ever since.

The backhoe driver returned November 14, 2013, armed with a golf club, used it to break my spine and smash my baby's brains out on the ground

On November 14, 2013, my son was murdered. I was 8 months pregnant, leaving my college classroom, and just getting into my car, when 3 strangers, a man and two women, armed with golf clubs leapt out from behind my car screaming "kill or be killed, kill the transvestite freaks, kill them all before they kill us! look at that thing! That is Ken's son, look at how it's dressed! kill the transvestite freaks! kill or be killed"... while the bald man and the red haired woman chanted this over and over, the blonde woman, lunged with the golf club.

She severed my spine, I am now a quadriplegic, and been paralyzed arms and legs, and in a wheelchair for 13 years now. She broke my hips, my knees, my legs, ruptured most of my discs, and shattered three of my vertebrae so bad that the shards of bone acted like glass and embedded themselves into my spinal column nerve bundle.

The attack also triggered labour.

My son was born in that parking lot, and he lived only a couple of minutes, before the deranged blonde woman, beat his head in and smashed his brains out, with the same golfclub she had just used to sever my spine and leave me crippled for the rest of my life.

Realizing that I was not transgender, and they'd just murdered a baby, the man grabbed the 2 women and forcibly dragged them away to a 4 door white pickup truck, and they left me there to die.

The FBI told me later, that a few weeks before this attack, and transwoman, had murdered a cis woman, in a parking lot, abou 20 miles away from where I was attacked. The FBI, believes that my attackers, had somehow found out I wrote transgender fiction, connecting my real name to my penname, (my father's name is in fact "Ken", and I do have a brother) and believed that I wrote transgender fiction, because I was myself transgender, even though I'm not transgender. The FBI, believes the attackers, thought I was my brother, pretending to be a woman.

The FBI investigation, into my son's murder, has dragged on for 13 years, and still now in 2026, continues on, with the FBI, still not having yet identified my attackers, and only guessing at what their motive was.

Thus we come to 2014, and the full swing change of the series I write. WHY my series, went from just a transman main character living life, to the full blown Mpreg genre series that it now is today.

Before the attack, I had a chance of having a baby. I don't know. And because I'm in America, I'm too old to adopt. You have to be under 45 years old to adopt a baby. That is the law in America. I was informed this, when we tried to adopt, now that my injuries leave me unable to get pregnant a 9th time.

Thus began my obsessively writing, my transman main character, pregnant. Always pregnant now. Every time. Every story. Stories that now fully focus on pregnancy, labour, miscarriages, babies dying, babies living, raising babies... the whole series, since 2014 has devolved into an outright baby obsession.

Meanwhile, reborn baby dolls were suggested to me by my therapist, and have also become a deeply obsessive part of my life. Because 13 years ago my son was murdered minutes after he was born, because a transphobic bigot mistook me for being transgender, I'm STILL in a wheelchair, struggling to relearn to use my arms and legs, now 13 years later, and I'm still DAILY dealing with police officers and FBI agents who while they are trying to find my son's killer, they are also daily reminding me... oh, yeah, my son was murdered, literally ripped out of my belly, by a transphobe. Who still has not been located and walks free to kill again.

The golfclub woman as she looked during the golf club attack at Southern Maine community college November 14, 2013. She is about 20 to 30 years older then me and would be around 75 to 85 years old now in 2026.

Clairescreenshot.pngIf you have any information about the identity of this child murderer, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322

The golfclub woman as she looked during the shopping cart attack at Scarborough WalMart July 26, 2016. She is about 20 to 30 years older then me and would be around 75 to 85 years old now in 2026.

zzzz999ClaireRed2016-screenshotIf you have any information about the identity of this child murderer, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322

The 2nd woman as she looked at both attacks, her hair goes all the way down to her knees. She is about 20 to 30 years older then me and would be around 75 to 85 years old now in 2026.

Kendrascreenshot.pngIf you have any information about the identity of this child murderer's accomplice, please call FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322

Do you know who these two woman who crippled me and murdered my baby, at Southern Maine Community College at 10PM on November 14, 2013, are, and what their connection to the backhoe that drove over my house is? If you have any information, please give it to FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 of the Portland, Maine FBI office.

I am a legally blind quadriplegic, and low verbal, I have also published 138 novels in the last 48 years. It's not as impossible as people think. The problem being blind and quadriplegic, medically have different meanings then how those two words are used medically.

Fewer than 3% of all blind people see nothing. While 97% people who are classified as fully blind are able to see up to two feet in front of them. Legally blind means I can see more then two feet in front of me but not far enough to see twenty feet in front of me. In my case I can see about eight feet.

Quadriplegic, has varying levels, it means having a damaged nerve bundle in the spinal column causing limited mobility of all 4 limbs, (in my case this was done by a women wielding a golf club, who also beat my 8 month infant's head to pulp on the parking lot tarmak, at the same time she severed my spine with the same golf club; both on November 14, 2013; the FBI investigation into my son's murder and my being crippled has gone on now for 13 years, a few weeks away from 14 years now, and the FBI has still not identified the killer or her motive). Contrary to popular misconception, quadriplegic does NOT mean ZERO movement, it means means limited movement, specifically in means unable to lift arms over head, unable to grip fingers around objects to pick them up, and unable to stand for more then 5 minutes to a time. Because there are so many thousands of nerves in each limb it is actually very rare for there to be 100% no movement, but how much, and to what extent varies by patent depending upon the specific point of injury to the spinal column.

Meaning typing is still possible for over 60% of all quadriplegics.

In my case, it was the lower spine that was severed, cutting off completly my ability to move my right leg, leaving limited feeling in my left leg, and an ability to stand but not walk, with crutches, for the first 9 years. I regained enough nerve growth in my legs by the 9th year to be able to take ten or twelve steps allowing me to get out of bed for the first time since the golf club attack; This in turn lead to me being able to start using a wheelchair, as I was able to sit upright for the first time as well.

Because the shattered vertebrae bone fragments are broken off completly and embedded into the nerve bundle just above my tailbone, doctors were saying I would never walk again, but now at 13 years, I am able to push mu wheelchair like a walker, a distance of almost a thousand steps a day. Though doctors are still doubtful I will ever walk "normally" again, I have proven them wrong, when their said 13 years ago, that I would never walk again at all.

But because of the placement of the damage to my spine, regaining hand use, was always thought possible, it was just a matter of waiting long enough for nerve regrowth, along side daily finger exercises. I was able to continue writing, after becoming quadriplegic, because I still have use of my right thumb, and 2 fore figures of my right hand. And can type 90 words per minute with those 3 fingers.

I however have no wrist strength, elbow strength, or shoulder strength, so I am not able to form a fist, or lift objects, or brush my hair, or my teeth, all thing I have to have my caretaker do. But, those things are not needed for typing. Unfortunately, my pinky and ring fingers are "nerve dead" and drag over the keyboard, and cause horrific spelling errors and typos, which are incredibly frustrating to deal with.

Unfortunately trying to edit errors myself, just makes the errors worse, because those same two fingers drag over the keyboard yet again. Prior to the golf club attack, I rarely had spelling errors; now I got more spelling errors then someone is learning English as second language. Editing is a challenge, that I've had to accept, I simply can not do myself, and I have to hire several editors to help with that.

Low verbal means sounds can still be made, sounds that software programs like Dragon can be trained to recognize and translate, and type into full words. More then half my novels were typed with this method.

I still have a long ways to go before I am anything close to being able to do the things I could do before the golf club woman beat my baby's brains out and shattered my spine. And you know what's more frustrating then how slow mu medical progression has been? The fact that it's been 13 years and the police and FBI are still coming up at dead ends as to who the woman who murdered my baby was, or why she even did it.

My son's 14th birthday is only a few weeks away, but he didn't even get to live long enough to celebrate his 1st birthday, I don't even know why. And I can't wait to regain my ability to walk again, because regaining my ability to walk, means gaining the ability to go outside and start looking for my son's murderer myself instead of sitting at home trapped in a wheelchair waiting for the police and FBI to to find her. So, writing isn't a big priority for me anymore. I only write now, as a way to exercise my hands, in between relearning to walk.

Never let a disability stop you. Plenty of writers, artists, athletes, do not let either blindness, speech impediments, or limited mobility hold then back from perusing their careers.

Do you know who these two woman who crippled me and murdered my baby, at Southern Maine Community College at 10PM on November 14, 2013, are, and what their connection to the backhoe that drove over my house is? If you have any information, please give it to FBI Agent Andy Drewer at 207–774–9322 of the Portland, Maine FBI office.

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