The Will to Write

About the Book

After I finished writing this book, I found myself noting or recognizing the stories, essays, and poems found in this book tell the story of my life. The book in short provides a look into my philosophy of life and the wisdom I use (and have used) to survive and live in a white man’s world, without going crazy or giving up. As the public reads my short essays, stories, and poems, I hope the message found in my written works will help them see and feel why I stay connected to my people and their wisdom, a wisdom that has taught me to always stay connected to mother earth and my people’s “Red Road.” I want to note the stories, essays, and poems found in my book come from both published works and works I never sent in to get published. I hope the wide range of topics found in this collection will not only touch my readers but they will also challenge them to see life under a new light, a “modern-day Red-Man’s light.” Since this book is a collection of many published and unpublished works, I felt it was best to not separate this book into chapters. I made this choice because I feel each essay, story, prose, and poem is powerful enough to stand on its own. As my readers work their way through my book, I hope they will take the time to stop and think about the message found in each written work and hopefully, in some cases, find themselves reconnecting with the land that is America and my people’s wisdom that says, “We are one with mother earth,” and “we are all born to die because life is a circle like the Native American Medicine Wheel.”

About the Author

Retired Professor Reggie B Cornejo, AKA Reg. B Two Stones, is a California State University Graduate. He started writing when he was in eighth grade for his class newspaper. During his college years he wrote for the school’s newspaper, worked as a camera person and reporter for a local television station in Bakersfield, and was published in his school’s literary magazine. Mr. Cornejo holds degrees in Social Science, Business Administration (with an emphasis in Corporate Finance and Accounting), Sociology (with an emphasis in Social Psychology and Deviant Behavior), English Communications (with an emphasis in television, radio, and journalism), and an MA in English Composition (with an emphasis in Linguistics and TEFL/TESL). Mr. Cornejo is a registered and documented North American Indian with Mescalero, Lipan, and Navajo roots (mother’s side of the family), and he also claims Portuguese and Spaniard heritage blood roots on his immigrant father’s side of the family. Mr. Cornejo is also the author of the book In Defense of the Constitution: Ending America’s Occupation that was recently re-released in 2019 and managed to earn 4 out of 4 stars from a book reviewer on the web page “onlinebookclub.org. It is selling very well.