dreamt that my step brother handed me one hundred checks mad in the amount of $415…$415,000…for some very odd reasons…I could only wish…
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the bottom line…
the reality for most authors…they don’t make a living at it…their body of work is undiscovered…if that’s going to be the case for me…why should i pour my…energy…time…blood…soul…into work so a publishing company can reap the majority of the profits…only to leave my work to sitting among piles of remaindered books…i may as well self publish…own my work…and get all of the profits…this way my work ends up in the hands of the readers who care enough to want to own it…without hundreds…thousands…of books being printed and wasted…
yes, i understandthe marketing power publishers bring to the table…no, i’m not underestimating the appeal or quality of my work…unless you’re a celebrity…brand name…i don’t see the advantage of a publisher of any size…outside of an editor…i guess what i really need is an old style patron…someone as passionate about my work as i am…with deeper pockets…and integrity…
regardless…look for something here as a test case…an opportunity for you…the small audience that i’ve attempted to cultivate…to show your apriciation for my work…
six hours of work today…
edited chapters 2, 3, and 4…sapoke to someone about reading for me…you know, the mythical objective reader…they don’t know you…have no ppersonal interest in keeping you hapy…someone who can read a story beyond just for pleasure…we’lll see…I just heard the words…i just finishe shooting this movie called sin city…that’s twice today…gotta go geek out…
And a great soul burst into the world…
how to be a great writer
you’ve got to fuck a great many women
beautiful women
and write a few decent love poems.
and don’t worry about age
and/or freshly arrived talents.
just drink more beer
more and more beer
and attend the racetrack at least once a
week
and win
if possible.
learning to win is hard-
any slob can be a good loser.
and don’t forget your Brahms
and your Bach and your
beer.
don’t overexercise.
sleep until noon.
avoid credit cards
or paying for anything on
time.
remember that there isn’t a piece of ass
in this world worth over $50
(in 1977).
and if you have the ability to love
love yourself first
but always be aware of the possibility of
total defeat
whether the reason for that defeat
seems right or wrong-
an early taste of death is not necessarily
a bad thing.
stay out of churches and bars and museums,
and like the spider be
patient-
time is everybody’s cross,
plus
exile
defeat
treachery
all that dross.
stay with the beer.
beer is continous blood.
a continuous lover.
get a large typewriter
and as the footsteps go up and down
outside your window
hit that thing
hit it hard
make it a heavyweight fight
make it the bull when he first charges in
and remember the old dogs
who fought so well:
Hemingway, Celine, Dostoevsky, Hamsun.
if you think they didn’t go crazy
in tiny rooms
just like you’re doing now
without women
without food
without hope
then you’re not ready.
drink more beer.
there’s time.
and if there’s not
that’s all right
too.
Thanks Hank
get ready for 2008…
okay america…i don’t think you’re ready for this…but…let’s remake The Wiz…that 1978 Diana Ross/Michael Jackson nightmare…the less said about it the better…now though…there is no better conglomeration of black talent that could make it happen…and erase the ugly memory of Ms Ross playing a teenage girl…your cast:
Dorothy is played by Alicia Keys (further review has brought us to our senses.)
Andre3000 is The Scarecrow (’nuff said)
Bernie Mac plays the The Cowardly Lion
Don Cheadle plays The Tin Man (I don’t know if he can sing, but this is the one role, outside of The Wiz that requires serious acting chops)
(hold onto your crowns, here comes the stunt casting:)
Halle Berry as the Wicked Witch of the West
Queen Latifah as Good Witch Glenda
and finally The Wiz:
Mr George Clinton
I propose this now so it can be released in time with the 30th anniversary of the stinky original…okay America let’s make it happen!