You are going to want to own this book. A memoir. My suggestion is to get the hardcover from the library, take your time, read it then return it. Then buy a stack of softcovers and keep them in your …
Read: Denali’s Howl
Things did not end well. I have zero interest in climbing the high mountains, nor do I want to visit the “Death Zone,” before I’m at least 80 and preferably while I’m poolside in Boca, but for some reason I …
Creative: Blurb Tips 0007 P&E
Don’t get me wrong. I love print. But I also know that “E” books are a very strategic, cost effective tool that is a completely different experience, and if you aren’t making them I will do my best to shame …
Creative: Justin Simenson’s 8×8 Stories
When I was in Sydney a few weeks ago I was writing in a style that I normally only use for my paper journal. I got a lot of comments from people. You seemed to like it. I think I …
Dispatches: Lorenzo Princi
Within minutes of meeting Lorenzo Princi you know you are in the company of someone who is creative to the core. Driven to do. Design, photography, layout, interviews, art direction and much more. I came to know Lorenzo through his …
Read: In Search of the Old Ones
What happened to the Anasazi remains a gray area for those who have attempted to decipher the riddle. The landscape of the American Southwest is a minefield of former peoples who passed on, moved on, lost battles or simply disappeared. …
Read: Soul of Nowhere
Craig Childs is a poet. He might not describe himself that way, but after you read his work you realize he has a certain way with words and a certain way with the wilds, and when the two merge you …
Read: It’s What I Do
Sometimes when I catch a glimpse of a lens hood swinging off a shoulder I get excited. Excited to think about someone on the hunt for images. Photographers are a strange breed. Obsessed. Possessed. Independent. Fragile. There are many other …
Read: Walden on Wheels
“The Screwed Generation.” I like that. I also like this book. The author,a proud member of the first generation to have it worse off than their parents, has quite a story to tell. Walden on Wheels is a voyage through …
Read: Breath
Two years ago I found myself in Western Australia heading north out of Perth for an unknown destination. Stopped in a small town on the coast a friend turned to me and said “This is the town where Tim Winton …
Read: Small Acts of Disappearance
This book was recommended to me by Lorenzo, and for this I have to say “Thank you.” On the surface this is a collection of essays about a woman with an eating disorder, but the book is so much more. …
Creative: Blurb Tips 0006 Collaboration Materials
This book was almost entirely blank. In fact, this cover WAS blank. All done by Jeff Frost. These are all collaborative books which contain various types of materials applied to Blurb books. Most of these books started out as blanks, …