mojo rising:invocation, mildred barya & rickydocs midnight memphis tour

TUESDAY REDUX

so i been doing this experiment on FB, of serializing my revision of Mojo Rising
i been serializing the 1st chapter, after i sent it in somewhere and they said no

thats all i been getting lately, but i think i got something to say, so i figure try breaking
it down into little bitty flash essays and serialize it on facebook, see what happens

its been an education, first i went from 22 likes to about 7 average, so its not setting
the world on fire, and its hard to put little bitty segments up when i want to make my

whole point and let folk know what im talking about and you have to pace it, too close
together and they lose their individuality, too far apart and you fear folk will lose the thread

too much text and it doesnt fit in one FB glance, too little text and i dont feel like ive made a full point
and its caused me to get ruthless about my diversionaries, its like hold their interest, rick

make your point as concisely as possible and take out anything superfluous

its been incredibly embarrassing to put out stuff that in a book feels reasonable but on its own, well . .
at the same times its putting the riffs up there as flash essays that contribute to digestibility

so i just gird my literary loins and stick them up there, i havent gotten a lot of responses but i feel

like im putting my contribution into the dialogue, and thats all i want

addendum: i cut it short, i sensed that i wasnt going to hold their attention much longer so i cut out a lot of the moves and closed it down - the last post was well received and ive got the full set in mojo rising so it didnt break my heart, i learned what i set out to learn, i did what i set out to do

and i introduced more folk to my vision, which was the point
if i can just get one or two folk to take me seriously its all good

im gone

all my love

rdoc

 

 

TUESDAY

i have been truly remise with my postings, lets see if i can catch up
1st a report on mildred baryas rickydocs midnight memphis magic tour

so mildred leaving bham for denver, i told her cant be that close
to memphis w/o going on rickydocs midnight memphis tour -

1st thing i taught her how to close down a jook joint, one by one we closed down every jook on
beale, (she a quick study) round about midnight we at voodoo village when we hear spirits whistling go home

so we steamboat down the mississippi till we cross the general mcpherson, a ghosttug that rise out the mud when the river get low (long story), did ethiop at abyssinian & took her to the memphisroom, otherlands, maggiesfarm and the holyground, did everything but graceland & fort pillow, just ran out of time -

but i wasnt going to let her come south w/o doing the delta,
took her on rickydocs midnight memphis tour, its all good

 

Comments

[Mildred]

you know got me thinking deeply about holy-mystical works, who owns history, retelling and walking that magical path between imagination and reality. I have so much material to work on in Denver, getting these memoir flashes that are utilizing the landscape as part of the story and also the experience. I feel i'm in the forge. Memphis has given me the canvas, and B'ham adds on its own god of iron and struggle in the mix. I think had we added graceland in that one visit my head might have burst. good to have something to return to. a box marked: future.
Thanks for a most wonderful time. We have to do uganda! I'm working on it.