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    OC

    By Joy Lynn Clark 1/27/2026 Back in the day I had lots of jobs.  Another one of my earliest positions was as a junior graphic designer for a design firm.  I did business card layouts and club flyers mostly.  I was still a production student but I had already taken graphic design classes and that was enough to get the job.  After about a month, I decided that the owner just was too cheap.  I was always begging and begging him to pay me.  Turns out, he also had a cell phone shop in the front portion of the office and he was like, “How about this cell phone instead?”.…

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    Right From Wrong-January2026update

    By Joy Lynn Clark (this track is ok but still needs mastering but you can have a listen) 12/8/2025 Right From Wrong (chorus) Hope you can say what you feel in a song And I know you know right from wrong And I miss you ever so deeply Deep inside I know you get what your needing And I hope one day when you see me When we hug you hear my heart beating (Verse 1)                 Everyday now I wake up lonely                 Never had more so your the only                 Don’t know how safe I feel when they lie cheat and steal                 Some people don’t know and…

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    Working with Steve

    10/22/2025 By Joy Lynn Clark I already had my own apartment on the southside with my boyfriend who was a dance dj. After I had just done the Jerry Springer Show, I met my first producer at a rap concert.  We went to some cool clubs and he introduced me different artists in the cities’ local music scene. I felt guilty going out to meet a man that’s not my boyfriend but I wanted to do more hip/hop and EDM and my boyfriend was more of a old school/deep house/disco dj.   He reluctantly accepted that I am trying to further my own career.  I felt guilty because he seemed to…

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    Jennifer and Joy

    09/20/2025 By Joy Lynn Clark I was struggling as a single parent when I moved back home with my parents.  It was a humbling experience.  At first I worked as a weekend hostess on the breakfast shift at the local diner where I saw all of my former classmates.  I held my head up and showed every last one of them to their tables.  I also attended bartending  school where I earned my certificate.  I still had my hopes for radio and television so I kept sending my resume around.  I said goodbye to all of my friends on the breakfast shift and started tending bar just 10 minutes from…