About Me
My name is Brian. I write books, essays, stories, and journals about creative process, video games, baseball, and whatever fiction my brain concocts. I also write music that is often situated in the, admittedly huge, folk and folk rock traditions. So, peruse the annals of this site, take with you what you want, leave the rest by the side of the road, and maybe say hello before you go.
My primary form of connection is through my Tours You Never Asked For email list. Through this, I send out a bi-weekly email containing thoughts and essays on --surprise!-- creative process, songcraft, video games, baseball, and fiction.
After playing live music extensively for years, about a decade ago I chose to prioritize the writing and recording of the songs, ensuring that the music would continue to be made, insulated from the pointed edges of resentment and frustration that playing live was so adept at sticking me with.
Drowned in agent and publisher rejection letters, the books have followed a similar path. I decided my books and my life deserved better than spending all my time trying to convince someone I was worth it. And with it a new dream was born: I'm going to build this thing my way.
To that end, in 2017 I left social media. I chased what social media was giving me for years --nuggets of attention that led to nothing except my addiction for more of it, all unfolding in an out-of-control, capitalistic hellscape. It left me disappointed, disillusioned, and leery of anything outside of the act of creation itself. Left in the wake of that experience is a rejection of a world where advertisements, "suggested posts," and doom scrolling reign, and the impossible challenge to develop something that stands apart from that world.
So, I mostly stay in my quiet corner and provide an equally quiet environment to engage with what I create. I strive to be like a great mountain: Awesome, always ready to welcome you, but you have to come to me.
If you want to support what I do, you can buy the books, listen to the songs, check out the song lyrics, or read the many essays, journals, and short stories hanging around, which are mostly about creative process, video games, and baseball. And most importantly, if you find something here that you enjoy, tell someone. And tell me.
Thanks for being here.
-Brian