Showing posts with label Growing Up Metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Growing Up Metal. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 7, 2026

A book that inspired Growing Up Metal--and another that didn't

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Note: This is an excerpt from this week's Arcane Arts, my weekly email newsletter. Sign up, its free.  When I first heard of Chuck Klost...
Friday, September 25, 2026

Killing The Dragon, Ronnie James Dio

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“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” --Ursula K. Le Guin Dragons are fire-breathing lizards, ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Arcane Arts offer

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Eh, what's that? You're not subscribed to Arcane Arts , my weekly newsletter covering exclusive material not found on The Silver Key...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Silence your inner critic, enter the unknown deeps

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I have a critic. He has made it his life work to follow me, hound me wherever I go. When I’m online. In the car as I’m driving. I’m taking a...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Growing Up Metal is available on Amazon

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Growing Up Metal: The Story Of A Fan Who (Kind Of) Rocked is now available on Amazon. Kindle: $5.99 Print: $15.99 I'm psyched! And now,...
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Friday, August 28, 2026

It’s time to tell my story

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I’ve been telling stories all of my life. Lots of stories. More than you might think. For some perspective: • I worked eight years as a fu...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Growing Up Metal cover reveal

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(note: this was the lead item in my free weekly email newsletter Arcane Arts . Sign up the link or at the widget at right) I had some diffic...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

A title reveal

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I revealed the title and an important progress update on the heavy metal memoir in this morning's edition of Arcane Arts: Dispatches Fro...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

A History of Heavy Metal (Arcane Arts excerpt)

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Unfortunate cover blurb. (Note: The following is the lead item in this week's Arcane Arts. I also cover REH, Jane Yolen, 70s horror, an...
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Monday, March 16, 2026

We write to be understood

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Note: I use the plural “we” in this essay even though motivations for why anyone writes vary widely. I suppose I could just say “I” … but I ...
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Friday, January 2, 2026

Happy 2026! Time to get after it.

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Happy New Year! I can get caught up in unproductive routines, doom loop cycles, and this time of year, overeating and overdrinking. I apprec...
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Silver Key: 2025 in review

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T-800s like it here... but people too. Traffic to the blog EXPLODED in 2025. Unfortunately some of it appears to be robots, likely using my ...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

I am too busy to blog right now but here's three things to know...

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I’m a busy dude. I imagine most men and women with adult commitments are too, so no excuses. But this past 10 days has seen me fly to Texas ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2024

The Silver Key: 2024 in review

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Life is pretty good these days, both personally and creatively. Even though I slowed down a bit on the blog, I’m making an impact. Life is i...
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Saturday, December 7, 2024

Of the year in writing, and reading--memoir update and more

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I went outside yesterday to take in the trash barrel and pick up the mail (exciting stuff--I’m a rock star, in case you haven’t realized tha...
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Saturday, December 23, 2023

The Silver Key: 2023 in review

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It’s the tail end of 2023. Another trip round the sun, another year of blogging on The Silver Key. Many things of import happened this year....
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Monday, October 9, 2023

October reading update

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I set an annual reading goal of 52 books. Which I rarely meet, but it gives me a north star to steer toward. To have any shot of reaching th...
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