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Interview with a Marginal Character from a Mediocre Story

Leaving it All Behind: One, Two, Three, GO

Basking in Conformity: The Slave

Parking In the Lines. Or Not

My Books - Hard Copy

29 Jobs and a Million Lies

My Books - Electronic

29 Jobs and a Million Lies

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NYC (ok, not really, Jersey Shore most of the time)

My Brief Biography

I was a professional chef. I was a boxer. I formed my own record label, and then went bankrupt. I tried to make films. I am a corporate sellout now. I wrote about these ridiculous experiences in 29 Jobs and a Million Lies . I wrote a cookbook without any recipes. I write and regularly publish articles about legal marketing, of all things. I write a blog about writing and publishing, or not publishing. I write a live diary of a fictional character losing his mind. My next project is complete and I'll release it independently in the spring 2010, Getting the Old Gang Back Together, about a washed-up Hollywood actor who returns to his Brooklyn roots. Next up is a musical. Seriously.

I am a proud member of Year Zero Writers and you should visit for selected short fiction and essays by those much more talented than I. I have a day job as a blah blah blah. And Don't Publish Me is a blog on the process of writing and getting published. Or not.

I'm here because...

Our imaginations haven’t withered with our attention spans. I don’t want to get caught decrying technology and change or else I will become exactly what I rebel against. And I’m perfectly ok with ending my sentences in prepositions, so you can stick that rule up your ass.

Ripping off Dr. Seuss’ style, I write because it makes me think. I write for readers because I like to tell stories. The readers I hope to write for like to read because it makes them think. Thinking is good. Following like sheep is not good. Wearing the uniform of a movement is for sheep. Being the movement reflects independent thought. And mostly I don’t give a shit about what my hair looks like.

I will stand up in a crowded room and quack like a duck to contribute to a dialogue to change minds. There is always a cause to champion or fight. Without the fight, why the fuck are we here?

I write, think and quack for my two beautiful, perfect and brilliant little boys.. It is my job to show them that they can change the world and paint it blue.

My Email Address Is

29jobs@gmail.com