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Download one of my stories for free

I am slowly making some stories from A-Sides & B-Sides [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076DMJTYQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2] available to read for free. Starting with "I'd rather be right here," [https://books.apple.com/us/book/id-rather-be-right-here/id1505227061]which

Advertising in a time of quarantine

As someone who has spent close to two decades working in advertising, this may have been one of the weirdest years I've ever experienced. I went to portfolio school the month after 9/11. I moved to Canada in 2008 and waited out the housing crisis and economic

I'd Rather Be Right Here

I'm making some short stories from my collection "A-Sides & B-Sides" available or free. The first one will be "I'd rather be right here." The title was taken from the Adrian Belew song of the same name. Here is the cover.

Scenes from Lost Angeles

I guess we're entering the thrid week of quarantine but for me it's the fourth because I started early. I still go on the morning walks, though. It's both serene and surreal to see empty streets. Even the homeless who are usually ubiquitous in

Joy of Pandemic Cooking now on iBook

I had a few people telling me they don't use Kindle, so I put the new book up on iBooks, [https://books.apple.com/us/book/joy-of-pandemic-cooking/id1504941947] too. Other than that, today's been quiet. Posting a lot of articles for another publication. Tweaking query letter.

A project a day

I know some people have become incredibly proficient in their projects since they've been forced to shelter in place. Since writing Joy of Pandemic Cooking [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086C45Y85/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0] last week, I've decided to focus

The least we can do is wave to each other

Out of an abundance of caution, I figured it might be a good idea to create a shelter in place Spotify soundtrack.

New book coming your way

Week one of self-isolation is over. In that time, I made some spec ads for a prepper company, received the proofed copy of my novel, and wrote a cookbook for people who might need a laugh and also want to take this confinement time to learn how to cook. The

Cali governor tells 40 million people: stay home

This world has reached a whole new level of crazy right now. We're living in a computer simulation, right? I'd write more, but I'm challenging myself to write a book by the end of the weekend since a freelance job got delayed. It'

Hello from Isolation Zone West

Granted the past year has been different in the sense that I haven't had much time off at all. But the few weeks I've had off between freelance gigs, I mostly used that time up to work on the latest novel. During that time, I pretty

The Power to Believe

Tonight's unnerving music brought to you by King Crimson. What I love about the album art work is that despite the dystopian scenario, there is still a baby there. The soldiers seem like guards. There's something akin to a nativity scene, as well. Musically, The Power

Witch arriving too late to save a drowning ship

The title is a play on the Zappa album, Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch. This popped into my head upon reading about the cruise ship docked off the coast of San Francisco Bay, forced to stay where they were because 21 (at least) people were suffering

Going viral

San Francisco is turning into a ghost town before my eyes. Companies like Twitter are telling their employees to work from home because of coronavirus. Conventions are being cancelled left and right, and I assume hotel rooms and dinner reservations are, too. I read an article that Chinatown restaurant owners

Clear communication can't be automated

One of the worst things to have ever happened to humanity, at least when it comes to business and networking, is automation. This whole "set it and forget it," notion, championed by Tech Bros who came from money and have podcasts, has led to a further degradation by

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Dimension of Miracles

As I move into the final stages of the final, (no really this time, final, I swear) draft of my latest novel, it occurred to me I should be reading more science fiction. I say this with a bemusement, since the latest novel is comedic science fiction, and it is

Looking lost in Chinatown

This week I'm staying in a hotel in San Francisco's Chinatown. Twenty stories below, they should be making happy preparations for the Lunar New Year. Instead, almost everyone I see is wearing masks, hopefully out of an overabundance of precaution because of the coronavirus. Here'

Neil Peart has died

After suffering from brain cancer for three and a half years, rock's greatest technically gifted drummer and lyricist has died at the age of 67. This is a tragically young age to die and like all cancers, is a horrible way to go out. As a drummer who

Ceremony

Watching forever Forever Watching love grow, forever -New Order There's a section of Las Vegas two miles north of the strip and just south of the Arts District that is a no-man’s land of pawn shops and misery. The only reasons to find yourself in this area

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As I lay sweating

Some people have fever dreams. I have fever thoughts. This week I caught the flu that is hitting people faster than a zombie outbreak. I flew up to San Francisco for work on Monday with a slight scratch in my throat. By Tuesday afternoon, I was running a high fever.

Doldrums

Few words look and sound like their definition more than Doldrums. You've got the "drum," part which isn't a drum solo but a funeral dirge tapping out boredom. Doldrums sounds like boredom. It also sounds like a desolated area on a map in a-first

Vignette

It is late October in San Francisco But the temperature is still seventy-three degrees. And that’s at seven-thirty In the evening. I walk back from dinner, passing a dog With flashing collar, and I think It wouldn’t look out of place at a club Sometime in the 1990&

NorCal, SoCal and Hot Chocolate's Emma

The weather's gone cold and slightly damp in San Francisco, as if an angry parent came into a house and twisted the heater down on the thermostat because "We're not made of money." Strangely, more homeless have emerged than just a few weeks ago

Razor Nights: Come Without Warning

Razor Nights: Come Without Warning

I'm just going to come out and say it. Razor Nights [https://www.amazon.com/Come-Without-Warning-Razor-Nights/dp/B07Y3SR69K/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=razor+nights&qid=1570075144&s=gateway&sr=8-1] is a band that has reaffirmed my love of music in a lot of

That time Bill Murray relieved my constipation

Staying in the hotel grace, San Francisco. A hotel I've nicknamed because of the view. It's the second time I've stayed here. The first time was years ago. I was with my parents and brother on a vacation. Around this time I fell hard

It's hard to know what makes sense in San Francisco.

The Citizen app is my buzzing alarm. It's just before 5. The notification it says "Gun shot." I open my phone wishing I could hit snooze, but knowing I have to check to see how far away it is. It's an uncontrollable reflex like