Since floating the idea of Gone Dogs to friends in 2015, every person I’ve spoken with has responded favorably. Every one. Mostly, it was because they thought a coffee-table style book filled with stories about man’s best friend was surely something people would want to own. The idea was born out of love for my dogs and my motivation was simply to create something people would want to be a part of. Since then, I’ve had plenty of time to…
With what I’ve been through in life, you’d think I’d have learned by now. But no, I’m just as susceptible to fear and anxiety as anyone. Probably not as much as some of you–for whom it appears peace is an illusion with fear constantly raining down–but rest assured, I can turn it up pretty good sometimes. And every time I find myself in a rut when worry and anxiety ride my tinnitus like a highway to my brain, I beat…
I’ve never been the kind of writer who writes himself into a corner. I make my living in the world of branding and advertising using words and concepts to get people to think about things differently, and yes to buy stuff. I’ve written for brands ranging from luxury automobiles to companies that repurpose shipping containers. I’ve written billboards, radio, internet, and direct mail, and many other platforms. I’ve written to audiences who are at the top 1%, to people who…
– It was a late softball game in a house that gets up early. She’d done everything so that all I had to do was microwave my chicken and rice. I showered as quietly as I could so not to rouse the house, then warmed up my dinner and sat in front of the tv to catch the west coast games. Dinner was delicious. Famished, I inhaled the food and was grateful for a loving wife asleep in the next…
Every so often I feel the ascension of birds in my chest Soft reminders of the seeds of art that have taken root deep within me revealing themselves during insignificant moments as I hack my way through the daily grind in a world that doesn’t stop for moments but rather longs for the promise of tomorrow Being human, I get caught up in the drone of this machine and forget But the birds remind me that the human heart is…
Matthew 6:24 is a prominent driver in my novel. It basically says you can’t serve both money and God. It doesn’t matter whether you’re agnostic or atheist. That’s not the point. To prove it, replace God with Mankind–or anything “good” in the same context that the idea of God is “good.” The rule from this verse in the bible still applies. What happens when we make money more important than God or people or anything “good” is that we literally…
