Tommy Ray Entertainment

Tommy Ray Entertainment T.R.E. encompasses the creative products of Tommy Ray. These include, books, short stories, recorded music, and YouTube Channel).

All my creative endeavors are found on your favorite digital platforms, (Bandcamp, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, etc).

✈️ North Carolina ➡️ OregonAnd just like that, my month-long North Carolina adventure is in the books.The work contract ...
09/05/2026

✈️ North Carolina ➡️ Oregon

And just like that, my month-long North Carolina adventure is in the books.

The work contract is complete. I caught up with family and old friends, enjoyed some good Southern BBQ, and consumed enough Cheerwine to remind myself why they really need to start shipping that stuff through an IV. 😂

But somewhere between work, BBQ, family visits, and trying to remember which hotel room I currently live in, something else happened…

📖 Draft #14 of my upcoming book is COMPLETE.
Yes. Fourteen drafts.
At this point, I’m no longer sure whether I wrote the book or the book wrote me. 😂
But it’s finished and heading back to my copyeditor for one final polish before taking another big step toward publication.

For now, the suitcase is packed again and I'm flying west.
Back to Oregon.
Back to the mountains.
Back to the gym.
And onward toward whatever comes next.

North Carolina, thanks for the memories, the people, the BBQ, and the Cheerwine.

Another contract completed.
Another draft completed.
Another chapter closed.
Adventure awaits. 🐾✈️📖

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Was able to visit a Guilford College friend, roommate, and baseball teammate today. Part of Guilford College baseball hi...
08/30/2026

Was able to visit a Guilford College friend, roommate, and baseball teammate today.

Part of Guilford College baseball history. Back to Back ODAC champions and part of the Division III World Series.

08/25/2026

Hope everyone is well. Weighed in yesterday. 139 lbs with 16.9% body fat. Started at 160+ with close to 30% body fat. I began this process in April 2026. My first milestone of 15% body fat is becoming closer. Enjoy this Tuesday.

I was able to catch up with a childhood friend today in NC during my current orthopedic medicine contract. Always great ...
08/16/2026

I was able to catch up with a childhood friend today in NC during my current orthopedic medicine contract.

Always great reconnecting.


This is how life feels right now attempting to balance everything I'm pursuing.Baby steps are better than no steps.
08/13/2026

This is how life feels right now attempting to balance everything I'm pursuing.

Baby steps are better than no steps.


The Vancouver Experiment is officially over.Sometimes you can love a place and still realize the life you’re building th...
08/10/2026

The Vancouver Experiment is officially over.

Sometimes you can love a place and still realize the life you’re building there isn’t aligned with who you are or where you’re going.

I loved Vancouver, Washington—the city, the scenery, the Pacific Northwest. But the situation itself wasn’t the right fit.

And one thing I’m learning is that staying somewhere simply because it should work is a pretty expensive way to spend your life.

So, the apartment is empty. The boxes are packed away. And apparently my suitcase has once again been promoted to permanent residence. 😂

Back to suitcase life.

✈️ Next stop: Raleigh, North Carolina.
One month. A new city. A new assignment. A new chapter.

I don’t know exactly where this road eventually leads—and maybe that’s part of the adventure.

For now…
Medford, Oregon ➡️ Raleigh, North Carolina.
Adventure awaits. ✈️

After watching all of the YouTube videos on the World Cup fans eating Texas BBQ, I had to grab a plate after my gym work...
07/04/2026

After watching all of the YouTube videos on the World Cup fans eating Texas BBQ, I had to grab a plate after my gym workout.

The bridge is temporary.By day, I show up for the responsibilities.Before work. After work. Weekends.That's where the dr...
05/30/2026

The bridge is temporary.

By day, I show up for the responsibilities.

Before work. After work. Weekends.
That's where the dream gets built.
Every chapter written. Every workout completed. Every dollar saved. Every excuse defeated.

The crowd only sees the fight when you're under the lights.
They never see the rounds you won in the dark.

🥊 Still standing. 🥊 Still swinging. 🥊 Still chasing freedom.

The bridge is temporary.By day, I show up for the responsibilities.Before work. After work. Weekends.That's where the dr...
05/30/2026

The bridge is temporary.
By day, I show up for the responsibilities.

Before work. After work. Weekends.
That's where the dream gets built.

Every chapter written. Every workout completed. Every dollar saved. Every excuse defeated.

The crowd only sees the fight when you're under the lights.
They never see the rounds you won in the dark.

🥊 Still standing. 🥊 Still swinging. 🥊 Still chasing freedom.

Writing:Some days the dream feels alive.Other days, it feels buried under charts, bills, exhaustion, and the quiet weigh...
05/28/2026

Writing:

Some days the dream feels alive.
Other days, it feels buried under charts, bills, exhaustion, and the quiet weight of responsibility.

But the day job is not the enemy.
It is the bridge.
It funds the book. It keeps the lights on. It buys the time. It sharpens the hunger.

I’m deep into the 15th edit of this book, still fighting for the life I see in my mind before the world sees it on paper.
And maybe that’s the lesson:
Keep building. Keep training. Keep resting. Keep protecting your mind. Keep choosing the dream without destroying yourself on the way there.

Because changing your life is not always loud. Sometimes it looks like showing up tired, doing one more page, one more rep, one more honest day.

To anyone building something while carrying something heavy:
Keep going.
The bridge is forming beneath your feet.

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