Issue 18: I’ll Prescribe You a Book
Coco Poley reviews "We’ll Prescribe You a Cat", a book about cats, life in Kyoto, transformation, acknowledging that we don’t always know ourselves as well as we think, and having the courage to make small but meaningful changes.
Issue 17: Only 3 days left to get my new poetry book
A look inside the draft of my second poetry book Hi friends. Thank you all for your kind and heartfelt messages. So many of you reached out after my last...
Issue 16: Dear Grandpa Joel
The Androscoggin River in Bethel, Maine at the Riverside Cemetery Dear Grandpa Joel When I woke this morning from fitful and restless sleep on your memorial...
Issue 15: Mountains Look Like Hills From Far Away
From Stephan Seber on Pexels Mountains Look Like Hills From Far Away I looked across the landscape of my career and headed towards the hills that I had...
Issue 14: Printing is in my blood
Welcome back everyone and thank you for being here on this journey with me. I am hoping that BackerKit will approve my campaign ASAP since it is in a review...
Issue 13: I weep, and I weep
I weep, and I weep I don't want to take away from this reflective poem so I'm just going to share it. Thank you for reading and considering our own part in...
Issue 12: Double the Poems
From Pexels Double the Poems Hi everyone, and welcome back! I hope your week has been as minimally stressful as possible in your world. Mine is already...
Issue 11: Small Successes
Sketch of my typewriter / Coco Poley Small Successes Hi everyone, and welcome back to my catchall. This full-time freelance life is definitely harder than I...
Issue 10: Grief is Nonlinear
A photograph of my grandmother. Grief is nonlinear I have heard before that we don't really remember who a person was, so much as we remember how they made...
Issue 9: "Emergency in a Snowstorm" poem
A treacherous snowstorm forces a daring journey to save a mother's life in this gripping story poem.
Issue 8: Lots of Happy Writing News
Panel 1: Frogs support Coco's BackerKit Hi everyone and welcome back. Let's dive right in to all my big news that's happening!! I Got a Part-Time Writing...
Issue 7: Printing my first mini-comic
Hi everyone, and welcome back to Coco's Catchall. I appreciate you being here to read about and be a part of my creative journey. Let's dive in! My first...
Issue 6: National Novel Writing Month recap
National Novel Writing Month recap Hi everyone and welcome back! So, I did not technically "win" NaNoWriMo this year, because that would mean that I wrote...
Issue 5: Poem 'When You Find a Friend'
Friendship, from Unsplash Poem: When You Find a Friend This weekend you are getting a poem draft inspired by all of the love and kindness that I have...
Issue 4: Plan of Action
Plan of Action To my dear friends and readers, thank you for being here on this journey with me. To be transparent with you, I have had a tough last week or...
Issue 3: National Novel Writing Month 2023
An excerpt from The Silent Kill-stroke This year for National Novel Writing Month, I am continuing the same novel I worked on last year before I broke my...
Issue 2: Legends and Lattes is for Recovering Angry People
Legends & Lattes is for Recovering Angry People In honor of Travis Baldree's upcoming visit to Portland, Maine on November 12, I wanted to talk a little bit...
Issue 1: Coco's Catchall
Welcome to Coco's Catchall! Hi everyone and thank you so much for being here. I know you have all been part of my writing and blog journeys in some way, and...