Interesting Side Note

Author: Fat Plaid Shirt

A few years ago, about 1996 or 1997, I wrote a book.  I started a publishing company called “Highway Thirteen Publishing,” and self published two books, “Burdens,” and “Beyond Illusions,” and a book of an old friend under the label.  As I began my third book, I ran out of money because my “friend” never paid me for all the copies of her book and I wasn’t able to recoup for some time (it’s not easy being an artist when you don’t have money or any financial support, much less a paying job).  I still used the logo on everything I did, such as when I tried to design logos for local businesses, and a few other projects that I could never make money at (inexperience is a economic killer).  Anyway, I have reopened the publishing company.  Why?

I am recording a music album, and have decided that Highway Thirteen was my original stride into the writing world as a solo writer, and now as a solo musician, it is fitting that I bring back that once fairly successful part of me and take my life in my own hands for a while.  I’m still going to school, yes, I am still looking for land for a farm, in fact, I have actually begun looking for land, I’m out of the research phase and hoping to get our farm going in the late spring after finals.  It’ll be a year before the farm gets “seriously farming” but it’ll be something.

Anyway, I’ll keep you posted on the continuing saga of law school, and as my album progresses, maybe I’ll post some freebies for my readers.  You can be sure I’ll post the link and more info when I get this done with Amazon and itunes.  Have fun dear readers, it’s gonna be a long semester…

One Response to “Interesting Side Note”

  1. Laurie Says:

    You may already know about this, but many states have a “Farm Link” program that pairs farmers looking to retire but don’t want to sell out to developers and people looking to go into farming.

    I have a friend that participated in something like this in, I think, Wisconsin. She wanted to go into organic farming, so she ended up in a traditional farm and spent however many years it takes and turned it into a CSA. It was a CSA, just not organic, during the conversion.

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