Even slow boats eventually make it there

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The book is 85% finished! I’ve got a bit more writing and rewriting to do and I’ll be collecting material for some crowd-sourced sections, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
 
I had a great 3-hour meeting recently with two local brand strategists. Among other problems they could help with, I was completely at a loss for a title, which also meant that there wasn’t a cohesive theme running through the whole book. As the pros at this kind of thing, they quickly targeted key ideas that became the working title:

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11 years ago today…

wedding_street…I put on this dress and married the guitar player I stayed in New York for.

I’d moved here two years earlier to spend eight months studying the Meisner Technique, a method of actor training that I planned to take back to Atlanta and teach. But I fell in love at first sight with my boss’ brother and, well, so much for that plan.

We got married in an Italian restaurant in Times Square on a Saturday afternoon, surrounded by old friends, new friends, and family members.

Some years passed. I worked a few different jobs; Chuck played gigs and taught lessons.

Then the day came that I asked him to leave New York for me. Continue reading “11 years ago today…”