In the vein of talking just to hear myself speak, this is an update to say there will be updated information coming to the site soon. Originally, my grand plan was to blog about the process of writing So Much to Say (i.e., the artist formerly known as Still Here Dancing) as I was writing the book. Unfortunately, that didn’t pan out quite as I’d expected. Mostly because, well, I got too busy writing the actual book to blog about it. And, indeed, I was busy. I spent 2009 and 2010 traveling to a ton of shows and interviewing what, in the end, amounted to hundreds of fans. Not the worst gig in the world, I know. Unfortunately, only a fraction of the people I interviewed are ultimately quoted in the book, but it was informed by every single person I had the pleasure of speaking with.

So, after a whirlwind of a year and a half, I now find myself less than three months away from the book’s June 7 publication date. It’s funny because aside from working on this book for so long (I had the idea in 2006, so it was floating around in my brain for years before I actually signed with Simon & Schuster in July 2009) I worked in publishing for years before that. In other words, I know how the book-making process works. But, nonetheless, I’ve been so deeply immersed in my happy little writing bubble, that I recently found myself shocked at the realization that other people besides my editor and my dad may actually read this book. Sending the first couple galleys (essentially a pre-book version of the book) out for people to read was so much more nerve-wracking than I ever would have imagined. I know this band means a whole lot to a whole lot of people and I just hope that I did the experience of being a DMB fan justice. Every single fan has their own stories about how they found DMB, what the music means to them, the people they’ve met, and places they’ve seen along the way. Since it would be impossible to include all that, I hope that at least the overarching sentiment translates through So Much to Say.

Anyway, if you are so interested, you can save a few bucks on the book by ordering during pre-sale. Pretty soon here, I’ll have a book excerpt up, as well as a promo video interview I did with Simon & Schuster. When the publication date gets a bit closer, I’ll have some copies up for giveaway, etc. So … yup. That’s it for now. More to come soon …

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