In seeking new ways to expand the audience for my writing and keep Nestucca Spit Press financially viable, I will publish my latest book in serial form on my blog and invite readers to purchase the book through Paypal or other means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pioneer Pride: An Oregon City\nMemoir<\/em>, will roughly translate to a 20,000-word book published in\n500-800-word installments two or three times a week over a two-month\nperiod. It chronicles my growing up in Oregon City in the 70s and\nearly 80s and features stories about hackey sack, calligraphy,\nfootball, my improbable connection to Steve Jobs, tennis, the\nPromenade, the mill, journalism, teachers, salmon, crushes, coaches,\nmy life as a preacher’s kid, text from my journals of in high school,\nand a personal account of observing and interacting with a unique\nChristian sect, the Oregon City Followers of Christ Church, or the\nKissers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Life was certainly looser back then,\nbut I write not out of nostalgia, but to inspire others, particularly\nmy acquaintances from Oregon City, to reflect upon what we’ve lost\nsince that gauzy, feathered-hair era and if there is something worth\nreclaiming, if only a mindset. I’ve written hundreds of thousands of\nword about Oregon City in my articles, books and blog posts, and some\nof that material has been included in Pioneer Pride<\/em>, although\nrewritten for a serial format. But most of this book is new material\nand some of it even groundbreaking. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wrote this book over the course of\nthe past few years as I went deep into my creative mind in a time of\nextreme personal crisis to discover who I was and where I had really\ncome from. This exercise led me back to Oregon City to revisit the\nold places that brought me such joy in my youth, Many of them are\ngone. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also wrote the book to honor the\ngreat and fascinating people I met in Oregon City during that era:\nTom Priest, Tricia Schoenborn, Jodie Stahlnecker, Jill and Greg\nWinklesy, Big Jim Ritacco, my Rivercrest Park buddies, Doug Bancsh\nand Doug Winn, Nancy Icenogle, Marty Engel, Bret Ford, Jay Hopp, the\nstaff of the Elevator<\/em>, Don Harrison, Jeri Haskins, Martina\nKolencz, Maria Gunis, Kari Stejer, Ted Anderson, Dan McMillan, Mike\nOlsen, Victor Toman, Lori Ramage, Lisa Wright, Robin Lamar, Kim\nGroshong, Julie Gesley, Joe Gardner, Lisa Winslow, Connie Kennedy,\nLynn Lausche, Sarah Urquart, the Berman Family, Esther Daniels and so\nmany more that I could mention. I hope these people and others from\nOregon City and beyond read this book support it, share it, spread\nthe word, and return to a special era in our lives. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of you may be asking why I am not\npublishing the memoir in printed paper form. I considered it, but\nthis serialized version seem the best way to get the story out in a\ntimely manner and to the largest audience. It also fits with a lot\nof people’s reading habits: short pieces that can be digested\nanywhere, but building to a larger story. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is my wish that the reader will\nsupport the idea that Pioneer Pride<\/em> is a \u201cbook,\u201d written\nby a professional writer trying to make a living from his writing. It\nis my wish that the reader values that labor by \u201cbuying\u201d the\nbook. A purchase supports this labor but also future literary\nendeavors by Nestucca Spit Press. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks Pioneers. Read on. Please\ncontact me with any questions, comments or additions to the story. I\nam sure I missed a lot…but…because this is a serialized book, I\ncan add and add and add as I move forward into the story. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n To read and purchase Pioneer Pride<\/em>,\nlook at the icon to the right of the blog. Thanks. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In seeking new ways to expand the audience for my writing and keep Nestucca Spit Press financially viable, I will publish my latest book in serial form on my blog and invite readers to purchase the book through Paypal or other means. 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