Today, I reached the halfway mark in recording the audiobook for Work of Art, Book One: Joseph's Flowers, so a short celebration is well-deserved.

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Today, I'd like to talk about art itself, a key ingredient in my forthcoming novel, Work of Art: Joseph's Flowers. Because there's no time when art is more important than when you're young, as if Joseph Arillo, whose story begins in the first book of the series.

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If you've been wondering why Trump has been pushing so hard to repeal the Johnson Amendment, I've got a few thoughts for you and most of them have to do with Christian Arrogance, which I capitalize because... come on...

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I just completed Day 3 recording the audiobook version of my forthcoming novel, Work of Art: Joseph's Flowers, due out around the end of October 2017. Today, I'd like to give you some thoughts on how this story first came to me.

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Picking up on Day 2 of recording the audiobook version of my forthcoming novel, Work of Art: Joseph's Flowers, due out around the end of October 2017.

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Time for something a bit different! Today, I began recording the audiobook version of my forthcoming novel, Work of Art: Joseph's Flowers, and I decided that I'd record a podcast about what went on and how many lives were lost on each of the 10 days I'll be recording.

Day 1: Time to work the kinks out.

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I'm not what you'd call a great backpacker but that didn't stop me from losing a toenail, which isn't entirely fair if you ask me.

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Is it enough to say the glass is half-full or half-empty? Or should there come a time when optimism is acknowledging that, still, there is water?

I address these questions in this trailer for my new book, The Rule Book.

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Only two short hours before recording today's podcast, I wrote the final lines in the first draft of my new novel, Little Mike. Now, I'd like to discuss what it's like to write and finish a novel, my process, my inspiration, and what happens next.

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Today, I begin a new segment on this podcast originally broadcast in video form. But I have re-jiggered it together in podcast pants and I'd love to share it with you and my story of becoming an independent author.

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