"Real artists ship." -Steve Jobs ///// Taking your work public is one of the most emotional things creative people do. It's scary, thrilling, exciting, bruising. It's so emotional that lots of artists are afraid to do it. But we shouldn't be. The best way for creative types to save the world is to share our stuff. Last week, ...
The writer's job is to get naked--to hide nothing.Harry Crews
The other day I got the sad news that one of my favorite writers, Harry Crews, had passed away. There’s a certain kind of sadness when a young artist dies, like the like the macabre 27 Club (members include Hendrix, Joplin, Cobain, Winehouse, et. al.). It’s a loss of possibility, a sadness over the idea…
I’m excited to announce that The Battle Hymn Blues is now out and up for sale as an ebook on Amazon.com. As a thank you for reading this blog, being my friend, being awesome, being creative, and for having a really sexy hairdo, I’m offering the book FOR FREE for a short window. CLICK HERE…
So this idea that there’s a bolt of lightning that hits a creative person and an idea comes to them? One of my favorite myths. Bolts of lightning kill you, you know? Zeus impregnated a beautiful human woman in the form of a bolt of lightning, the Greeks said. Ahem. Creativity is more subtle. It…
Had a great time working with Derek Murphy over at Creativindie Covers. And he blew it up. I’m excited to share the cover of The Battle Hymn Blues with you! Hold on to your butts: And stay tuned for more release news for the book coming very soon. Like SOOOOOON soon. Cheers!
People, I’m about to explode. Any any any day now, you’ll be seeing a post from me that my new book, The Battle Hymn Blues, is out. Yes!! All we’re waiting on is the final version of the cover. I’m so excited about this, y’all. Pretty much, the announcement at this point goes about like:…
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