​​What are you going through?
That's what this book is about.
I went through it, too.
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Childhood. Parents. Siblings. Pets. Adulthood. Marriage. Cancer. Drinking. Divorce. Moving. Dating. Sex. Relationships. Careers. Quitting. Starting over.
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My name is Chela and my first book is Care & Feeding.
​Coming soon.
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Chela Gutierrez is a writer of creative non-fiction and personal essays.
She grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi, was straight married in the 90’s, moved to Savannah, Georgia in the early 2000’s, divorced, came out, and got on with the Savannah Fire Department in 2005.
Her writing has been published in Skirt Magazine, Girlfriends Magazine, Creative Loafing, and the Oxford American.
Currently, Chela holds the rank of Fire Captain and spends her days off pursuing her passion for writing and helping people at both ends of the leash.
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She lives with her wife, Jessica Pope, in Savannah, Georgia.
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