HeyJaredSulfur and Silk
I write about the things that matter—music, memory, history, and the world we live in. Honest reflections, personal stories, and thoughtful insights.
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Dear Indie: Someone told me they prefer a clean writing space. What about you? (opens the original)
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Dear Seeker,Someone told me they prefer a clean writing space. What about you?I can’t lie, my writing space starts off clean and almost always ends up messy. I am not a clean freak at all. If you looked at my workspace in the middle of a heavy writing period, it probably would not look like one of those beautiful writing setups you see online with the perfect desk, matching notebooks, and everything carefully placed. Mine looks like someone is actively living and working there.I once read that y
Dear Indie: It seems you write a lot, how did you develop your work drive to be able to accomplish so much? (opens the original)
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Dear Seeker,It seems you write a lot. How did you develop your work drive to be able to accomplish so much?I’ve always had a strong work ethic, and honestly, I credit a lot of that to my mother. Growing up, I watched her work constantly. It was normal for her to have more than one job at any given time. She would work shifts, come home, handle what needed to be handled, and then move on to the next thing. If she wasn’t working a night shift or a traditional 9-to-5 job, she was finding other ways
The Day Seattle Died (opens the original)
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The Day Seattle Died is the term that had been given to April 5th. The first wave hit in 1994 with the death of Kurt Cobain, and the second wave hit in 2002. Both days I can remember only the announcements, how they made me feel, and how I reacted. What I cannot remember is what I was doing before or after, but these have always been pushpins in my timeline. They are strange little pieces of memory, almost like hearing a song through a wall. The sound is there, the feeling is there, but everythi
So, What Is Epitaph Ink Now? (opens the original)
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If you’ve been around since the lbachman.com days, you already know I’m always trying to organize and improve my spaces so they’re easier to navigate. The Substack eventually needed the same treatment.For a while, it was called Sulfur & Silk. I originally created the Substack as a place for free writing and to keep working on my storytelling, but over time it grew into a mix of nonfiction, research, personal writing, spirituality, writing and publishing, psychology, history, sociology, music, me
Dear Indie: What do you think traditional publishing get right that indie publishing doesn't, and vice versa? (opens the original)
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Dear Seeker,What do you think traditional publishing gets right that indie publishing doesn’t, and vice versa?I want to be honest here: I have never been traditionally published, and up until this point, it hasn’t been something I’ve had much interest in pursuing. There is nothing wrong with traditional publishing, and I respect the writers who choose that path. It’s just not the direction I’ve taken with my own work.My experience has been through small indie publishers and publishing my own wor
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