But enough is enough: enough capricious decisions, enough support of trolls and rewarding of bigots & conspiracy theorists. As of Monday, I’m done. Hope to see you over in The Good Place, as we like to call it. Peace out. 👋 #writers#writing#writingcommunity#amwriting (3/3)
Dear Friends: it’s over. It’s been over for a while, really; it’s been months since I posted regularly here, other than a short run in August pointing folks to my Threads profile (jason_warburg). Over on that imperfect-but-steadily-improving platform I’ve found (1/3)
a vibrant, welcoming community of writers, thinkers and wisecrackers that reminds me of what this place felt like years ago. Despite an abundance of reasons to do it, I haven’t deactivated my account before now. Chalk it up to a combination of laziness and morbid curiosity. (2/3)
“You might not even realize a song is burrowing into your subconscious until one line... connects with a memory that’s meaningful & you feel the full weight and intensity of that moment again.” – THE REMEMBERING
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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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“I’ve always been that guy at the side of the stage. I like it that way. Let someone else hog the mike... I’d still rather write these words than speak them, as you can plainly see.” – BELIEVE IN ME, p. 3
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Since the world is round,
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together
“&So” by @TheAmandaGorman
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“…even the most powerful heroes have failings. To be human is to be flawed. It’s the striving that matters, the persistent effort to become that person we aspire to be.” – THE REMEMBERING, p. 129
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“Sure, mate, sure. You can think about it until five o’clock tomorrow afternoon. If you aren’t standing in Blake Saunders’ living room by then, you can go ahead and lose my number.” – NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN, p. 4
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Every book has its own unique point of origin... I just happened to be present at the birth of my brother Gerry's new book about the history and conservation of the spectacular Point Reyes National Seashore.
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“Even as Ray Davies mocked the narrowness of the public’s tastes... the broad audience he was in the process of insulting lapped up his every snarling word.” – MY HEART SINGS THE HARMONY, p. 89
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“The best pop songs are art... Making art is already a political act. The artist rejects the dominant version of the world. The artist proposes a new version, a subversion... Tyrants are right to fear art.”
- David Mitchell, Utopia Avenue
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