Book haters...

Maybe I should title this something a little different as it sounds like I am coming down on people who don't like to read. That IS true, but not the point of this post. I have written manuscripts for two books. One was magic and the other was a synopsys of the stuff I've done and some random thoughts ala George Carlin style of writing.

If you don't know, I'm a magician located in San Jose, California. When I was about 16 years old I wrote a manuscript of sorts featuring magic tricks I had created, which I wanted to share with the magic community. I brought this manuscript to a local magic dealer (someone who sells magic tricks to magicians) who said it wasn't polished enough. I was 16, and I trusted his opinion, bummed but over it pretty quick, I took my tricks and went home. I found out later he had copied my manuscript and published and manufactured some of the tricks under his name. He was a relatively well known name in the magic community so I couldn't do much (his word versus mine) and the poor man's copyright is a joke. Later he filed for bankruptcy but that was the beginning of my winning charm and angst.

A few years later I had written a sample manuscript of my life thus far and was in talks with a local comic book publisher. We had a deal, and after extending my deadline (each extension cutting into my advance...what can I say, I'm lazy). I had a few bucks left from the advance, and we were good to go. Well the deal was you had to buy this expensive book to get mine as an add on, with no advertising at all. They blamed the lack of interest on me, and then there was a management change. As there was some bad blood between the old regime and the new regime all old projects and deals were dissolved. I was given the opportunity to buy my copies out from them by buying these expensive books, but I was once again bummed by the back end dealings of book publishing.

That is why I have decided to write this blog. I agree to write at least once a week and release chapters of the manuscript, updated and better edited stories, and my shenanigans up to date.

and THAT is why I drink...

A sneak peak...I've dated 2 lesbians, a former ex became a hooker, I've been banned from Mcdonalds, a candy store and Walgreens, I broke into my office drunk, and in college some friends made me think I had AIDS. Yeah...stay tuned.