SEE BOB WRITE
I have been writing for as long as I can remember and professionally since 1997. Always a lover and teller of stories, I remain passionate about the written word as much today as when I started.
SHORT STORIES
My favorite way to write! The constraints of the short story format leaves so much to be done in such a small space that only the most honest and real writing can flow.
NOVELS
I'm currently working on my third novel and still find the amount of information and story I can include in them to be very freeing! It also allows for characters to do more, love more and become more real than I ever imagined while writing short stories or poetry.
POETRY
Luckily the years have been good to my personal poetry efforts. No longer writing silly rhyming couplets about teenage angst, I have found an unexpected outlet in my poetry.
ESSAYS
Call it journaling or keeping a diary, the essay has quickly become a favorite way for me to get my thoughts and feelings down on a paper in a quick and (sometimes too) honest way. Many examples can be found on the Fire Between The Words page here.
SPEECHWRITING
Calls to action can be daunting but they can also change the course of law and the minds of the public. I have been writing speeches since high school and have recently taken to presenting them as well. These speeches have been heard by tens of thousands of people live at public events and rallies across the Chicagoland area as well as on social media. In 2025 I was asked to address a group of members of the United States Congress on behalf of parents of transgender individuals.