What A Fantastic Morning!!

Wow, gang.

First off — I slept in until SIX o’clock this morning!!! Unheard of for me. I’m usually awake by 4am and out of bed by 5am. And I was having the BEST dreams. Just amazing stuff. I woke up so happy.

And even though it’s crazy-windy today, it is really sunny and the skies are so blue.

And I have the DAY OFF (!!) (Again!!) (3 in a row!!) (Again!!) (I might be asking you guys for a loan soon!!) (Just kidding.)

Anyway.

As always, I got online to check all the stats on my various websites and book sale sites before posting here to the blog, and I discovered that the trade paperback edition of my experimental novel, The Guitar Hero Goes Home is currently ranked #1,504 in Biographical Fiction on Amazon. Wow!!

It is now outselling the eBook edition. This blows my mind and makes me so happy, gang. After several traditional book publishing companies turned it down in 2020, I finally published the book myself (with the help of Valerie in Brooklyn) in September of 2021.

This novel means so much to me, gang, and it just thrills me to see that , for whatever reason, people are suddenly buying the paperback edition.

Thanks everybody!!!

About the book: “An American rock & roll legend, in the final year of his life, finally comes clean about sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Experimental Adult Fiction by Marilyn Jaye Lewis “As arousing as it is heartfelt, I can give no greater praise for Marilyn Jaye Lewis’s The Guitar Hero Goes Home than to say this is a book written by a wonderful writer at the height of her powers. Highly Recommended!” — M. Christian, author of The Bachelor Machine“

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Okay, I don’t really have much to post about today. Other than my trip to the shooting range yesterday, I spent the rest of my day at my laptop, working on Act 3 of our TV pilot script, and today will be more of the same.

Except for a walk to our tiny City Hall to pay my water bill, I will basically just be at my desk today.

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Okay.

Here’s this from James Tabor —

Last Days of Jesus–Pt 3 The King is Dead! (28 mins):

For me, gang, this is still really hard to take. The final days of Jesus. Especially the crucifixion. It still just breaks my heart.

Part of one of the courses I had to take in Divinity School was a detailed study of what happens to the human body when it is crucified. Gotta hand it to those Romans, gang. They knew how to make people suffer in horrific ways.

Even though I chose not to pursue a ministry in a traditional church, I went into the Ministry, went to Divinity School, got ordained — because I received “the call” and I still follow Jesus of Nazareth. My whole life is a ministry in one way or another. (And, honestly, I think I’ve followed him for several lifetimes.)

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All right.

Phil will be doing a livestream this afternoon at 1PM Eastern time. Check here later to confirm.

And don’t forget–

TONIGHT!! Live in Boston!! Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds‘ Wild God Tour of North America gets underway!!! Only a few tickets are available at this point, but you can buy them here!!