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Under Angels: A Supernatural Thriller Set in Legendary Tunnels Beneath Los Angeles

05.01.2012

Author Blends Los Angeles Urban Legend with Dark Gritty Fiction in New Novel LOS ANGELES, CA., May 1, 2012 — In his new novel, Under Angels, author Jace Daniel pulls readers through a labyrinth of ghostly storytelling that includes Los Angeles history, UFOs, anagrams, the K-9 Command Unit, WWII cryptography, love, tragedy, suicide, and second [...]

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How I Met Mick

11.01.2011

Later this month, on November 11, 2011 at precisely 11:11:11 AM Hawaiian Time, Milena and I will be tying the knot. About as binary as it gets. Shocking to those who know me, I’m sure. Neither of us is a stranger to marriage. We collectively have 28 years of marriage experience under our belts. (She [...]

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Six-Word Memoirs: The Game

08.23.2011

Larry Smith’s famous storytelling descriptors are used in this game to successfully name famous and not-so-famous people from today and throughout history. 6 Word Memoirs is definitely your game if you like to use your imagination and unravel word codes. This is a game that will keep you and your friends laughing for hours. Get [...]

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Just in from SXSW

03.15.2011

Small world. Just got a photo from Josh Stecker at SXSW in Austin TX. He’s attending SMITH Magazine‘s panel entitled ‘How to Create an Internet Phenomenon for Peanuts‘. The overhead projector shows a couple photos from the Six-Word Memoirs book release party in NYC, February 2008.

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Six words about coming home from war

11.03.2010

SMITH Magazine is honored to team up with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) to bring you Six-Word Memoirs about coming home from war. A few: “I don’t know who I am.” – Jeff, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2008-2009 “Two tours, no injuries, thank God.” – Anthony Pike, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004 and 2006 “I [...]

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The Moment: “Pocket Cowboys”

10.10.2010

The Moment: “Pocket Cowboys” by Jace Daniel (b. 1969) It was a balmy Saturday in Honolulu, the evening after I was born. Poker Night at my Uncle Danny’s house, and my old man was passing out cigars to the guys. “Becoming a father has been the best moment of my life,” he said. “Deal ‘um!” [...]

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‘Orange is the New Black’ by Piper Kerman

07.07.2010

My buddy Piper and her hub Larry Smith contacted me this week to let me know she was out west from NYC to do a reading from her new book ‘Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison’ at Book Soup in West Hollywood. In her memoir, Piper tells us the story [...]

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Six-word Memoirs by Teens

08.15.2009

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This just in from @ray

08.01.2009

My buddy Ray Garraud in New York just shot me a message on Twitter: ray @jaced just came across your “six words” at my local library. http://twitpic.com/cekgd Ray’s referring to this.

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