by Wayne T. Dowdy “Words pack a punch, whether written or spoken, words have the power to change or destroy lives. I choose my words carefully and hope the ones I select affect a positive change.” Teaching Cons New Tricks–Creative Writing & Q.A. Apprenticeship Program. (April 15, 2015) straightfromthepen.wordpress.com. In my March 8, 2016, blog…
AGAPE LOVE
Penitentiaries are not the typical place to learn about love; however, I attended Kairos in 2003-2004 while at the United States Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana. Kairos is a prison outreach program where people of different faiths come together to teach the central theme about the love Jesus Christ has for us. Kairos means in God’s…
MANUSCRIPTS WORTH STEALING
by Wayne T. Dowdy Seriously, what kind of idiot would steal or destroy a manuscript and face federal time in prison for doing so? I would like to know the answer to that one, since it was two copies of my manuscripts that were stolen or destroyed. A manuscript worth going to jail over must…
VIOLENT CRIME MISCONCEPTION
by Wayne T. Dowdy August 16, 2023, Update: I wrote this blog while serving a 420-month (35-years) federal prison sentence and sent it to my publisher to post. Since my release to Dismas Charities in Atlanta (halfway house) many things have changed in my life, as to be expected. Becoming a YouTuber is one of…
DESPICABLE CHARACTERS by Wayne T. Dowdy
UNKNOWN INNOCENCE contains a variety of characters with various traits and characteristics. When I wrote UNDER PRESSURE by Mr. D, now at the core of UNKNOWN INNOCENCE, I needed to create a character everyone would hate so that when Karma delivered its blow, the reader would rejoice or feel he got what he deserved. I…
Freedom for a Friend
by Wayne T. Dowdy In the American Criminal Justice system that falls under the Executive branch of the Federal Government, the President of the United States is over the Department of Justice. Political campaigns designed to get votes by former presidents declaring War on Drugs and War on Crime, lead to the mass incarceration in…
PLOT TO STOP SANTA by Mr. D.
[2020 Update: The author no longer worries about the censorship he dealt with when his former publisher posted this blog. He now enjoys freedom and exercises his freedom of speech.] [The author uses his pseudonym due to institutional concerns when his publisher emails blogs into American prisons: one prison blocked their emails after sending “Zachariah…
CANNOT KILL AN IDEOLOGY by Mr. D.
The author uses Mr. D as his pseudonym to avoid conflicts when his publisher emails blogs to incarcerated clients. After sending “Zachariah Zambroski, Attorney at Law,” one prison administration blocked the publisher’s emails.] Six-months ago I wrote “Love and Evil are Color-blind” about the Charleston Church Massacre, where a young white male murdered nine innocent…