I’m happy to report that once again, I’m moving forward with my forthcoming book, “Confessions of a Spiteful Writer.” I’ve just about got Chapter Eight finished and I hope to either finish Chapter Nine or at least get a good chunk of it done before next week.
As I mentioned last week, I’ll be taking Friday and Saturday off, but I’ll be posting a “Best Of MBIP” link at facecrack and Twitter if you follow me there.
Also, if you’ve never seen my YouTube Channel, I have weekly updates every Tuesday there. Right now I’m telling stories about my magazine I published out of New York from 1994 to 2001, fishwrap. Just click here to go to the channel. The latest story I told this week was about how I was the very first person to make fun of David Pecker way back in 1997!
This forthcoming book, “Confessions Of A Spiteful Writer” isn’t an autobiography, but it’s the story of my unlikely writing career that took me from Peoria to Pekin to New York and then back to Peoria in a full circle span that started in 1990 and continues to this day.
There is a mini bulleted biography in the beginning to let you briefly know the history of my life before I started writing. This is the very first chapter of the book.
Below are three paragraphs from that bulleted biography.
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Chapter One: 1958 - 1985 - Just The Facts - A Mini Bulleted Biography
• April 25, 1958: I was officially born on this date in Peoria, Illinois. My parents were Gerry and Anne Wombacher. I have one sister, Terry and two brothers, Tom and Jim. Terry is the oldest, then Tom who is two years younger, Jim was two years younger than Tom and then there’s me, two years younger than Jim and the baby of the family!
• Spring of 1981: I get married, it doesn’t work out well, I get divorced and decide I will never get married again, will never have children, will never own a home or live like a “normal” adult for the rest of my life. Fuck all that, I decided to live like a 16-year-old for the rest of my life and anyone who didn’t like it could go fuck five million ducks. I realized that it’s best just not to care what anyone else thinks about how you choose to live your life.
• Fall Of 1985: I created a game with a friend and co-worker, Greg Owens which is a satirical version of Trivial Pursuit. Our game is called “Trivial Trivia: The Idiot Edition” and it’s where my writing travelogue begins. My life changes at this moment and it’s never the same again.
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Okay, time to get to work on the book. See you this Sunday! Try and stay out of jail!
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Related Post: Three Days Off + Three Paragraphs From My Forthcoming Book: “Confessions Of A Spiteful Writer” - Part One.