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Writer, music fan, husband/dad/grandpa, citizen. He/him. Opinions mine. 💙💛🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Time for a social media break. Take care and “see” you in a few weeks…
13.09.2025 14:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“When I wasn’t reading or being read to, I was making up stories to entertain myself, stories where I could determine the outcome rather than being buffeted by changes far beyond my ability to influence.” – THE REMEMBERING, p. 11
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“Max.” Eleanor’s steely tone sliced through the air like a knife, pinning their father to the wall. She set her wineglass down hard, sending the red pool it held dancing and swirling. “Stop it.” – HOME WAS A DREAM, p. 37
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“It was easy to imagine how, in the dark, surrounded by a crowd, this room could feel vital, unified by the beat of a drummer & the words of a singer—but sitting empty in the day with house lights up & every corner exposed, it felt dingy and worn.” – NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN, p. 89
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“Issues were necessary nuisances, to be managed in the manner of monthly invoices that needed to be paid on time. It was the free-floating cloud of need and deference that Cassini craved.” – BELIEVE IN ME, p. 5
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Whether it goes against your nature, or aligns with it perfectly, the lesson feels clear: embrace the chaos.
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THE ADVENTURES OF LUCCA AND TIRAH took on a fresh dimension as the story itself came together—a gentle tale about fear of the unknown and the challenges of making friends, that’s also an allegory about prejudice.
07.09.2025 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“The worst thing I can say about guitarist Ronnie Montrose’s moody, inventive 1978 solo debut is that it’s too damn short. At just under 36 minutes, Open Fire invariably leaves me wanting more. – MY HEART SINGS THE HARMONY, p. 90
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The first time I saw the band Kansas play live was in August of 1978. The second time I saw the band Kansas play live was last night, 47 years later. So, of course, I had thoughts.
06.09.2025 00:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“...[I]sn’t this the essence of any writer’s journey—to try to create order from chaos, to try to make sense of things that so often don’t?” – THE REMEMBERING, p. 10
05.09.2025 23:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Eight years ago today, NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN arrived. The second Tim Green novel was the first time I tried writing out of order; I was maybe a quarter of the way in when I suddenly had a clear vision of how the “reveal” in chapter 16 should go, so I jumped ahead and wrote it.
05.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"All that was left of [Dad's] dark brown shock was a close buzz on the sides and back and a few patches of stubble on top. He took in their presence with wary eyes, deep brown orbs probing for their secrets.” – HOME WAS A DREAM, p. 37
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“Mal’s eyes darted left and right, and he went cagey for a minute, at least as much as a kid living that far outside of his own skin could.” – NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN, p. 74
03.09.2025 16:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I’ve always been that guy at the side of the stage. I like it that way. Let someone else hog the mike and the relentless scrutiny that comes with it... I’d still rather write these words than speak them, as you can plainly see.” – BELIEVE IN ME, p. 3
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Sometimes I just can’t let it go. (Even if I probably should.)
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“[T]here is no plan, and never has been. What there has been, is a series of instances of wanting to write something and share it with an audience, and then stumbling forward from there like a blind elephant with a trick knee.”
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“The essential argument of Misfits is that only weirdos and freaks really care about rock and roll—and by the way, they’re also delusional and self-destructive.” – MY HEART SINGS THE HARMONY, p. 89
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“…the most important part is to ask the questions at all, to poke at these uncomfortable places and examine whatever emerges from them. It might be nothing, or it might be a revelation that changes the way you think about, well, everything.” – THE REMEMBERING, p. 168
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“She swept him into an embrace, the familiar scents of lavender and Pine Sol sending him down a tunnel of sense-memory. Was he five? Eight? Sixteen? No, just a 21-year-old grown-up-by-a-technicality hugging his mom and not wanting to let go.” – HOME WAS A DREAM, p. 36
28.08.2025 15:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I advised him not to, but, well—” She smiled ruefully, though not without affection. “—he would always ask me what I thought and then do whatever he wanted anyway.” – NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN, p. 52
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“On the west wall, opposite the circular bar that rises like an altar within the central well of the San Francisco Hard Rock Café, hangs a window into another universe.” – BELIEVE IN ME, p. 1
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“Writing for me really is like meditation. It brings focus when my thoughts are scattered. It helps me to center myself… [and to] get unstuck from focusing too much energy or emotion on one particular thing or moment.”
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“Even as Davies mocked his own artistic compromises & the narrowness of the public’s tastes, the songs he produced grew more focused & harder-hitting, & the broad audience he was often in the process of insulting lapped up his every snarling word.” – MY HEART SINGS THE HARMONY, p. 89
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“The reason some people want you to think your vote doesn’t matter, is because it does. The reason those same people are trying to make it harder for you to vote, is because they’re afraid you will.” – THE REMEMBERING, p. 158
22.08.2025 16:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Bernie had dated in Madison... but never shook the sense that for every one he was a lark, a momentary diversion... easy to talk to, maybe even fool around with, but nothing serious, just a way station on the way to some other, more promising destination.” – HOME WAS A DREAM, p. 36
21.08.2025 15:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I had known Blake Saunders for two days, barely time enough to get an initial read on the man... I would nonetheless have bet every dollar [I had] on a single proposition: every word he had just told me... was a lie.” - NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN, p. 41
20.08.2025 15:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“And now Jordan Lee was offering me the chance to clean my slate, to start over. In that moment I could hear Charlie Bond’s voice in my head again, offering his analysis of my situation, ever succinct: Duh!” – BELIEVE IN ME, p. 56
19.08.2025 15:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Branson School asked me to interview one of the school’s most famous alumni—1998 Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley. We had a great conversation that covered a lot of ground; see p. 18-21 at the link.
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