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TJ Short

Tonie Short

About Me


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Purchase The Gifted Child: John's Saga Now at www.meroepublishing.com/BookStore.html

I am a dreamer, writer, and a poet. My thing is all things literary and a few more. And when (not if I make it) I am going to do my thing helping the disadvantaged children. I feel it's something that God wants me to do. I think that is my calling in life; to go back and reach out to the disenfranchised and show them a better way.


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My Interests

Writing. If you find something you love to do you will never work again a day in your life.

I'd like to meet:

Innovators.

Music:

R & B, the Blues, Jazz, Rock and Country is cool.

Movies:

New Jack City, Braveheart, Predator, The Color Purple and Troy.

Television:

Sports.

Books:

Mine.

Heroes:

God and Momma.

My Blog

a couple of poems

Woman of Color   The beauty of the stride can open a man's eyes wide Amongst women you are a top model, luxury edition a magnificent ride Your skin tone are various shades of c...
Posted by TJ Short on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:40:00 PST

Sherris Song Comments

Initially, as comments comes in for Sherri's Song, I will post them on my blog.  In the future, if you read this novel and want to make a comment, feel free to do so. TJ Short    ...
Posted by TJ Short on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:36:00 PST

Sherris Song Excerpt

    Prologue I patted the bed beside me, feeling for Paul.  He was not there.  After a moment, I could hear Paul in the living room singing and moving about.  I slipped ou...
Posted by TJ Short on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:56:00 PST

The "N" Word

Forgetting the Triumphs of a People. Banning the "N" word from use by people not of African decent& Hmmm? While to some this would be what is best for this particular word, I am not of that thinking...
Posted by TJ Short on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:59:00 PST

MLK/Black History Month, and The Gifted Child, John's Saga

MLK/Black History Month, and The Gifted Child, John's Saga   Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday, and Black History Month; This is the time of year that everyone looks back to remember th...
Posted by TJ Short on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:38:00 PST

The Book Industry Sees The World by Race

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB116537479351441964-lMy QjAxMDE2NjA1NjMwNzY0Wj.html ^  See link for article I am an author. Or at least I would like to be known as that. However, like it or ...
Posted by TJ Short on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:06:00 PST

Classes Divided by Race

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/st ories/111806dnmetprestonhollow.31e7a33.html This is very disturbing.  To all that paint a picture of an American society that has fina...
Posted by TJ Short on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:06:00 PST

Pimpin Preachers?

  http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_i d=f7479b1eeff40f01e8052b1f7309a09d     Sometimes I come across opinions in print that makes me say, "hmmm."  I say hmm...
Posted by TJ Short on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:47:00 PST

Bring Back the Draft?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/19/rangel.draft.ap   Representative Charles Rangel wants to bring back the draft. While he had the foresight to see a problem before we invaded Iraq to ask fo...
Posted by TJ Short on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:21:00 PST

Personalities

I have noticed something about people.  Regardless of race this seems to be true.  I can basically lump everyone into 4 distinct categories (some are hybrids) and I would not be wrong. ...
Posted by TJ Short on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:20:00 PST