Book Update

Welp, I announced on here a few months ago that I’d pitched a collaborative book project that was in the works. The update is that I finished my part of the book, and now the project is off, canceled, not gonna happen.

I’m disappointed, but I realized it might not come together. I will probably repurpose my part for a larger project in the future; but I decided I’m going to share my draft in chapters on Substack over the next few months. The piece is a 20,000 word narrative history of my band Blake Babies, starting from the time I met Freda in 10th grade to the end of the band in 1991.

I’ve been putting up occasional paywalled pieces to give value and show appreciation to the paid subscribers. I’m going to put these behind the paywall because I want to keep it low-key so that I can reuse parts of the work in a later project.

I have a standing offer to anyone who wants to read my paywalled work but can’t find it in their budget. Send me a note and I will put you on the list to get access. I’ve discussed why I decided to do a paid tier, but I understand some people are stretched thin. I can very much relate.

Look for the first chapter next Sunday.