Excellent Can You See the Real Me? Can You See The Real Me? : Introduction/Prologue by CM Kelly

"Can You See The Real Me?" is my second book, it is a collection of ten stories broken into two groupings. The stories have been chronologically arranged, the initial grouping is based on a few of my coal mining experiences, which can only be described as "unique". The second grouping relates to the politics that I found myself immersed in, or better described as "tangled in" as I plodded through my career. As I wrote these stories, I weaved in quite a few details about underground coal mining and a fair amount of background material that one rarely finds in books these days. I hope these educational sections don't bore you. I do hope that the scary and funny parts make for a nice balance. Every story is rooted in an actual experience. The names and exact sequences have faded over the years, the stories may be a little embellished, and repetitive, but they are all based on true events. As you read these stories, try and place yourself in my shoes (or hard-toed boots). I am sure it will make reading them a tad more interesting. I hope you enjoy them. Author Notes Warning - This is a Novella. I wrote this with the mindset of explaining and providing details not typically seen in short stories. In a way, I hope it is educational as I tried to describe the details of underground coal mining and power plant construction/operations. I lack professional training or writing experience. I hated my HS/College English and literature classes. My passion has always been engineering, with a focus on numbers, formulas, equations, and algorithms. Thus, the two Engineering Degrees. Somehow I obtained some management-people skills that helped me climb the corporate ladder. All of my stories are based on actual events, of course with some embellishment.

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