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The Rabbit Hole



Maude is My Spirit Animal
Massachusetts has no shortage of favorite daughters and sons. If we set aside the obvious glut of historical figures and focus on the...

Chris Campbell
Jun 263 min read
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The Roller Coaster Conundrum
Have you ever seen the movie, Parenthood ? If not, you should. Aside from an impressive cast of both comedic and dramatic actors, it also...

Chris Campbell
Jun 62 min read
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Now Querying: A Nightfall of Diamonds
As promised in my last post, I'm back with an update, now that the second book in Autumn's story is mostly complete (the editor has had...

Chris Campbell
Apr 183 min read
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Time Turns Elastic
It's been a while. I started this blog with the best intentions of establishing a regular publishing cadence, and staying on top of it,...

Chris Campbell
Feb 41 min read
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Chapter 9 | "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday
Who doesn't love 80s music? As a proud member of the MTV generation, I definitely do. The original choice for this chapter's song was...

Chris Campbell
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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Chapter 8 | "The Needle and the Damage Done" - Neil Young
Like most of the family-related stories in The Strangest of Places , the recount of Autumn's experience with her cousin, "Jane" is...

Chris Campbell
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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Chapter 7 | "Mad World" - Gary Jules
As a child of the 80s, I'm sure I heard Tears for Fears' original rendition of this song when it came out, but if I did, it wasn't...

Chris Campbell
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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How to Help the Indie Authors in Your Life: Be HONEST
As an indie author myself, I know how much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears go into not only writing, but self-publishing a full...

Chris Campbell
May 21, 20236 min read
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Chapter 6 | "Cat's In the Cradle" - Harry Chapin
When I first heard this song, I was maybe 12 years old. It resonated with me because I sympathized with a boy whose father never had time...

Chris Campbell
Apr 1, 20233 min read
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Chapter 5 | "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan
In today's world of instant visual gratification enabled by the internet, the concept of meeting someone and then not seeing their face...

Chris Campbell
Mar 25, 20232 min read
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Chapter 4 | "Bring Me To Life" - Evanescence
There must be something more Everyone's heard the phrase, "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone," but the same applies in...

Chris Campbell
Mar 16, 20232 min read
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Chapter 3 | "Phantom Limb" by The Shins
In my early 20s, I had begun to travel throughout the northeast (and beyond) to see shows. The exhilaration of adventure quickly took...

Chris Campbell
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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Chapter 2 | "Breathe" - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same..." Musicals aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I'm a...

Chris Campbell
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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Chapter 1 | "Pebbles and Marbles" - Phish
Given the Phish focus in The Strangest of Places , you’d think half of the chapters would have Phish songs, right? Nope. Just this one....

Chris Campbell
Nov 17, 20223 min read
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Prologue | "Riverwide" by Sheryl Crow
If you’re the type of person who likes to read a book, and then go back and read it again, now knowing everything you didn’t know when...

Chris Campbell
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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Introduction | "Scarlet Begonias" by The Grateful Dead
In the introduction for The Strangest of Places , where I explained the alignment between the chapters and their associated song titles,...

Chris Campbell
Oct 29, 20222 min read
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The Dazed Confusion of Scales, Feathers and Torches
While poking around the interwebs a few months back, I ran across a pretty decent write up on Goose . Its headline made a decidedly bold...

Chris Campbell
Oct 22, 20228 min read
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Stranger Than Fiction
As I pointed out in my first post , and in the book's disclaimer, this book is a "work of fiction, influenced by memory." I wanted to...

Chris Campbell
Oct 22, 20223 min read
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Fading to Black: Trigger Warnings
Now that The Strangest of Places is officially available, I want to make sure that you, Dear Reader, are fully aware of what you'll be...

Chris Campbell
Oct 12, 20224 min read
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Total Transparency: Book Pricing
If you're the impatient type, the TL;DNR on this is Amazon forced my hand with the pricing structure, and I maintain the same prices in...

Chris Campbell
Oct 4, 20223 min read
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