It’s been a week and a day since Amstel’s passing and the quiet is getting a little less deafening with each day that goes by. It’s not that you every really get over the void that loved ones leave but you simply learn how to live with the loss and move forward. Most of us know what this feels like.
We picked his paw print up from the vet today. I plan on having this turned into a tattoo so I’ll have a reminder of my buddy with me wherever I go. We made plans for our winter getaway in the desert Southwest and have officially started our countdown. It can’t get here fast enough, after tomorrow it looks like it’s going to be below zero for the foreseeable future.
I couldn't help but laugh as I snapped the picture above at a local Mexican grocery store this past weekend. If FUD truly did come in a jar, you'd better believe the SEC would be spreading that shit on everything.
Once in a while you hear about a book that completely captures your imagination. Having grown up in the 1980’s listening to The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Run DMC, this book by Rick Rubin (who produced all of these acts) definitely fit that description.
Lately, Rick Rubin has been making his rounds on all of the most popular podcasts promoting his new book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being. His pitch worked on me and I bought a copy. I’m five pages into the book now I can already tell there's lots of value in it for anyone who considers themselves a creative (which is really all of us).
I was perusing my inbox a few days ago and noticed a message entitled “Author Representation” from Tim Wojick at LGR Literary Agency. They're looking for new talent and they want me to pitch to them. As a self-published author I get inundated with spam from all sorts of literary predators (vanity publishers, phony agents, etc.)
After a short internet search they seem like this agency possibly could be legit. I still have to do a deeper dive on this agency to determine if this is a legitimate opportunity or just more spam.
Has anyone heard of LGR Literary Agency or have any experience with them? If so, I’d be very interested to learn your impression. This opportunity couldn't come at a better time with my second novel, Truth Is Stranger, almost completed.
After thirty years in this business I'm slow to get excited about this kind of thing but maybe this is the door to the next level?
All for now. Trust your instincts, invest in you, live boldly, and take chances.
~Eric Vance Walton~
(All pictures are original.)
Poetry should move us, it should change us, it should glitch our brains, shift our moods to another frequency. Poetry should evoke feelings of melancholy, whimsy, it should remind us what it feels like to be in love, or cause us to think about something in a completely different way. I view poetry, and all art really, as a temporary and fragile bridge between our world and a more pure and refined one. This is a world we could bring into creation if enough of us believed in it. This book is ephemera, destined to end up forgotten, lingering on some dusty shelf or tucked away in a dark attic. Yet the words, they will live on in memory. I hope these words become a part of you, bubble up into your memory when you least expect them to and make you feel a little more alive.
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Most of us have experienced a moment of perfect peace at least once in our lives. In these moments we lose ourselves and feel connected to everything. I call these mindful moments. Words can’t describe how complete they make us feel.
These moments are usually fragile, evaporating in seconds. What if there was a way to train your mind to experience more of them? It’s deceptively easy and requires nothing more than a subtle shift in mindset. My new book, Mindful Moments, will teach you to be much more content despite the chaos and imperfect circumstances continuing to unfold around you. Upgrade your life experience today for only $15.99 on Amazon.com.
