The following is the first chapter of Push, out July 21st, 2021. 1 My dreams aren’t what they used to be. They used to be vivid, wild, free. Now they’ve become the home of everything I fear. My life itself, though, is a juxtaposition of my sleep; when I’m awake, I’m okay. At least, IContinue reading “Push Exclusive: Read The First Chapter Now”
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The Words Are All Made Up and The Points Don’t Mean Anything
July 1st, 2021 On my recent post about white fragility, someone commented “Your not white.” I think that is a terrific introduction to this essay about race itself. The commentator wasn’t wrong, necessarily: race is all made up. In Ta-Nehisi Coates’ brilliant Between The World and Me (if you haven’t read it, do; there isn’tContinue reading “The Words Are All Made Up and The Points Don’t Mean Anything”
Push Available For Pre-Order Now!
June 30th, 2021 We are moments away from July, and the wait to order Push is over! You can get Push NOW at Amazon, available in ebook, paperback and hardcover. Order one, order a hundred to send and share with friends, make sure to order a copy or two of Flip if you haven’t readContinue reading “Push Available For Pre-Order Now!”
Push Comes To Shove
June 28th, 2021 My seventh book, Push, is locked and has been submitted for publication. (It’s not available for pre-order… yet.) As a creative person, sometimes you plan a multi-year project that, more or less, comes out exactly how you envisioned it (see: The Weirdos: Volume I, Them/Us). But, sometimes, a story comes along andContinue reading “Push Comes To Shove”
Push Exclusive: Full Cover & First Description
June 24th, 2021 We’re less than a month away, and I have an exclusive look at the full cover for Push, and the official description for the highly anticipated (if not just eagerly awaited) sequel to Flip! … “My dreams aren’t what they used to be.” FROM DENNIS VOGEN, THE ACCLAIMED WRITER OF THE WEIRDOS,Continue reading “Push Exclusive: Full Cover & First Description”
Let’s Talk!
June 19th, 2021 Hey. Are you the one-in-three Americans who currently has a podcast? Let’s talk. Are you a prolific blogger who does interviews or individual features as part of your content? Let’s talk. Are you a journalist for a local publication or writer for a website who needs subjects for spotlights or specific interestContinue reading “Let’s Talk!”
Change, or Die
June 16th, 2021 Working in a bar as long as I have, I’ve heard a lot of stories. Most of them about other human beings. Most of them some kind of drama or hardship or horror. Quite a few of them about people who didn’t make it. Some of the people just had bad luck,Continue reading “Change, or Die”
Fifty First Rates
June 15th, 2021 There’s this magic number we think about often as self-published writers: 50. That’s the number of reviews to takes on Amazon to get their attention. It is both a small number and (as someone who’s largest set of reviews is 7 for a book that’s almost 8 years old) an impossibly greatContinue reading “Fifty First Rates”
Dedication
June 14th, 2021 One of the major themes of my novella Flip is loss. When I published it back in 2013, I wanted to give others the opportunity to honor people they’d lost by including a special dedication page in the front of the book, allowing anyone, who wished to, a space to remember aContinue reading “Dedication”
Manufactured Bottled Lightning
June 10th, 2021 I mean this in the creepiest possible way but you don’t know what your brain is thinking most of the time. This post is about your subconscious mind and how it relates to inspiration, supposed intervention, and mental blocks, ebbs and flows. I forgot what I was going to say. I’ve doneContinue reading “Manufactured Bottled Lightning”
The Den 