NASHVILLE, TN -

The other day I heard one of my favorite authors say it takes her at least a month to get a seven or eight page story right. Then another writer I like a lot twittered for feedback on the first chapter of his new book. He said he had rewritten the beginning, about five pages, at least fifty times but still didn’t feel good about it.

This helps me. I write and re-write. Let it sit, write some more. Go away, come back, keep a tiny piece and throw the rest away. Edit, refine, sharpen. And still never know if it’s any good.

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NASHVILLE, TN.-

The engineer leaned back in his seat, shades on in a cold dark room, still very Cali though he’d been in Nashville well over a year. He worked awhile with Rubin, some other big dogs before most of the industry dried up or moved to Music City.

“Yo, you’re a Beastie fan huh?” he asked me.

“Oh yeah, sure.”

“Check this out,” he said, easing up the slider marked vol til weak beats and sub-par Fatboys style raps thumped clumsily around the room.

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