Phil Cobb, Author

Fun, Follies and Loss of Innocence in Novel Land

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A sharp poke in the eye

August 12, 2018 / / 19 Comments
Plaster patch on eye wound

Here’s what happened when I took on the meaning of life

As detailed in “I Get Run Off the Ranch,” finding a stable place to write was becoming a real chore, particularly when your own relatives kick you off their place.

To preserve your bankroll, you find yourself scouting out trailer parks and cramped attic dwellings as well as sketchy roommate ads.

When you’re told the rent will be figured out after you move in, you get a gut feeling that more than dollar bills will be involved. No, thanks.

Just as it looked like I might have to use PLAN B — the back seat of my car — I found an apartment with a Murphy bed.

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I get run off the ranch

July 18, 2018 / / 16 Comments
Tumbleweed on a road

Devotion to writing can turn you into a tumbleweed, but with mind-reading power

If you read my first blog post, “How I Killed My Birthday Party,” you know how I busted up that birthday party by reading before I could read.

After that, like you, I went to school and learned to actually read words. From then on, I always had to have a book to read.

Surely with that background, I would be a writer someday, not just a reader.

But have you ever attempted to do something great

 . . . and it turns out . . .

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I’ll tell you a story

June 25, 2018 / / Comments Off on I’ll tell you a story / Sticky

Have you ever been super excited to work on an idea or project?

I feel the same way now that I’m writing a novel.

But I also had that excitement once before.

For the true story of what happened, start with “How I Killed My Birthday Party.”

 

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