Greetings! I began my writing career in 2015 following the death of my beloved mother. The lessons and world views she instilled during my life as I grew and developed maintain a strong thematic presence throughout much of what I write. Her emphasis on the importance of love, kindness, and concern for all is the primary influence behind my material focusing on occasionally uncomfortable topics like emotional vulnerability, abuse, and existentialism. It isn't all mopey, though - I do like to let the hair down and writing about the fun things in life. Like owning an adorable dog that has enormous, "I just saw a ghost" eyes, for instance. While I use this website predominantly for hosting poetry and/or thought pieces, my primary commercially-marketed project is a sci-fi/fantasy series of novels which I originally self-published. The first is titled Continuity and was published in 2016. A sequel, Continuity: Coalescence, was released two years later. I'm thankful to say both were recently picked up by a traditional publisher, Wild Ink Publishing that will be releasing one, consolidated version of both in December 2024. Announcements on this moving forward will also be posted here. As far as the rest, I'm an ex-Vanderbilt baseball player (c/o '09) with a degree in Economics & Corporate Strategy who is ironically trying to forging a career that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with either of those things. Before my scribbles began, I was an insurance agent for the better part of a decade. Other than that, I enjoy simple living along with my aforementioned co-author, Pip the Pekingese! Thank you for visiting the website. I hope you enjoy your stay, and I look forward to connecting with any and all. No matter who you are or what you believe, you are warmly welcome! M.E. Shao
Just like everything else I talk about, here’s yet another disclaimer. I’m about as anti-racist as it gets. I think humankind is on a completely level playing field when it comes to cognitive capacity and the ability to innovate and succeed. Black, white, yellow, red, it doesn’t matter. We’ve all evolved from the same basic … More Racism (is) for dummies
Money. Why do we care about it so much? It humors me to think how conditioned society has become, completely reliant upon this concept of money. The transfer of wealth from one person to the other in exchange for a good or service. Sure, it’s made it easier to shape our economies, graduating from the … More Money. And why its dumb.
I’m going to attempt to make this as digestible as possible, because this is an extraordinarily complex topic. Afterlife. We all want one. And we all (at least most of us) prescribe to one belief system or the other which provides us with the comfort of knowing there’s an afterlife. That’s the end game of … More Afterlife
Intellect. I think this might be the trump card over everything else. My blog about the lack of a girlfriend from earlier today got me thinking…what characteristics are attractive in a human being? What do most people want in another person? Oh, this should be fun. The first characteristic that comes to mind is the … More What are you attracted to?
Alright. I’m going to make absolute certain I say this on the front end because I don’t want anyone blowing me up over this. I struggle with religion. I haven’t always, but lately I’ve been a lot more introspective about it and have come up with some concerning questions. So let me make that clear … More Struggles with the Man
How the World Should Work 