by Loren Mayshark | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Although Thomas Edison remains a hotly debated character, he is generally considered a creative genius. He is also considered by many the greatest inventor ever to live. He once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ―...
by Loren Mayshark | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Jay McInerney has had a successful writing career in both fiction and non-fiction. It is particularly fascinating how this celebrated novelist decided to turn to wine writing later in life. He has an interesting perspective on how wine has influenced his writing and...
by Loren Mayshark | Jan 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes when poking around a used bookstore, the right book finds its way into your hands. Recently, I found Steven Pressfield’s Turning Pro. Several people had recommended that I read his first non-fiction book, The War of Art, so when I found this I decided to...
by Loren Mayshark | Jan 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Poetry has been a part of my life most of the way. While working on Subterranean Mixtape, I exhumed some of my earliest poems, and it has been a trip looking back at them. Here is one poem that I wrote in seventh grade: See Me As I Am Paint me red, Paint me...
by Loren Mayshark | Dec 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
The remake of Blade Runner, which is loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? reminds us of the man’s brilliance. Moreover, it is astounding the prescience of a man who initially set his novel in 2021 (it was written in 1968) to...
