Canon Fodder is now available — Dear Medium readers, I’d like to announce that my new poetry collection, Canon Fodder: Poems Inspired by Classic Literature, is now available for purchase on Amazon in hardcover and paperback. To say I am proud of this work would be a grievous understatement. These poems, and one piece of short…

It did not meet Distribution Standards — Yesterday Medium finally announced the winners of their crazy contest, The Medium Writer’s Challenge. Let’s be honest, the whole circus was a shit show. It was poorly organized, they pushed back deadlines on judging, no one knew what was going on with it behind the scenes, how it was being…

And how you can too with your writing — Making money on Medium is easy. It’s so easy in fact, everyone is doing it. How do I know everyone is doing it? Because every time I log into Medium I am told about it by a multitude of articles bragging about how easy it is to do. I’m told…

The writer your mother warned you about — Hello, fellow Medium addicts. My name is Jay Sizemore. You may recognize me from such films as “The Poet With Borderline Personality Disorder” or “How to Alienate an Entire Genre of Writers in Five Easy Moves.” I actually have an undiagnosed case of mild Tourette’s Syndrome, which I believe was…

Third party voters should feel personally responsible for the fascism taking over our country — People have not let Susan Sarandon forget her role in the election of Donald Trump. Many hold her personally responsible for the outcome of the 2016 election, since she used her platform to publicly denounce Hillary Clinton, and cast her vote for Jill Stein, leading God knows how many lemmings…

An entire sector of American entrepreneurship is about to reopen! — Many people are upset at today’s news that the Supreme Court has drafted a decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, effectively ending abortion rights as we know it. The Court apparently plans to put this decision back in the hands of the individual states, thus backing state courts that have…

Revisiting the classic Tim Burton blockbuster offers a wealth of disappointment — To most, Tim Burton’s attempt at bringing the Caped Crusader to the silver screen in 1989 is still looked upon as an iconic and groundbreaking work of cinematic glory. Indeed, without its success, we may not have the current cultural obsession with superheroes at all. Many comic book fans have…

Another surprise “double album” released to fans? — EDIT: I am already choosing to revise my opinion on this album. As of now, I've spun it probably five times. It's gone from one of my least favorite albums of DRA, to one that stands up on its own. …

Spoiler Alert: I went to a concert indoors without masks — Today marks the sixth day since I tested positive for Covid-19. All things considered, I suppose I had a fairly mild case of the virus. I didn’t end up in the hospital. I didn’t end up on a ventilator. Still, I feel like an idiot for allowing it to happen. …