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Thought I'd share a snippet from a recent interview with a cool book blogger that just got posted. We cover LOTS of ground ( yeah, I'm not just pimping this time :P ), so be sure to click through to the full meal deal at the bottom of this post!

If you've written a cool story, chances are that it's chock full of interesting ideas. Pithy observations. Humorous tangents. Snappy dialogue. The whole damn gamut. And if these snippets are crisp enough, while still maintaining the core brand message with a complementary image?

Unless I became independently wealthy, married rich, or finally donned the crimson robes, 'Service Work' was going to be an ongoing necessity. But never again would I take a gig out of desperation, no matter how shiny it seemed. I could only do it if it felt right. Because whenever I've attempted otherwise? It's always been a case of courting DISASTER...

WARNING: this will be long post. Like, TLDR-cubed kinda long. And it may seem a smidgen mid-lifey. But, if you hang in there 'til the end? If you tough it out, you may just find some diamonds in the dross. Worse comes to absolute worst, there are some pretty pictures.

I've been a fan of spoken word pieces for a few years now -- good storytelling is good storytelling, and it ain't useful being a slave to format or genre. But truthfully? I've never had to guts to perform one live...