Tag: writing

Load-In/Tuning

Load-In/Tuning

The following series is a book called Listening For The Secret, and it will be featured here in installments. The equipment is brought in and assembled amidst what is no doubt lively discussion, as roadies, audio technicians and band members attempt to meet some form of accord. The scents linger from musicians who have been …

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10 Last Laughs: Weird Wills and Strange Legacies

10 Last Laughs: Weird Wills and Strange Legacies

For some reason, the other night I was thinking about death. Of course I always do that. Sometimes it’s just because I’m afraid of dying, sometimes it’s because I’m fantasizing about someone close to me dying. I think maybe this time it’s because my Rich Uncle keeps reminding me that I will need to care …

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Tucker Max School Of Entrepreneurism

Tucker Max School Of Entrepreneurism

I discovered Tucker Max a few years ago when I read I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Later I found it had been made into a movie, which didn’t make any sense to me because it wasn’t exactly a plotted sort of novel. Most of the time when I watch a movie I basically …

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The Tobacco Wrap

The Tobacco Wrap

A few months ago I went to Oregon to conduct an interview with the son of a noted Native American medicine man for a book project I am working on. I won’t reveal at this juncture who it is, because I promised he would have first look at anything I wrote, but this story isn’t …

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Publishing Debate: Self-publish or Self-immolate

Publishing Debate: Self-publish or Self-immolate

As a writer with a manuscript (previously posted in part here) and no publishing credits, I recently decided to join the debate over self-publishing versus trying to get a deal with a publisher. Well, joined the debate means I tried to read up on it, hoping that I would get the information I needed to …

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