John W. Sharpe on Writing Dave Fowler's Memoir, BASSically Speaking

<p>John W. Sharpe is the co-author of BASSically Speaking, the forthcoming memoir of Nashville bassist Dave Fowler, coming from V13 Press. A retired magazine publisher with a self-described helter-skelter résumé — water purification patents, early-internet SEO, a Tennessee neighbourhood magazine — Sharpe met Fowler on the Rock Legends Cruise in 2018, wrote a half-page article about him, and the conversation never stopped. He talks with Lance Marwood on MAKE // BREAK about six years chronicling a forty-year career, negotiating what stays out of the story, and telling Dave three times to find another writer — and why Dave refused.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>The chronology problem — writing a forty-year career the musician half-remembers</li><li>Creative flow, resistance, and the five minutes that become two hours</li><li>Negotiating what stays out of the book — when to push and when to back off</li><li>Trying to quit three times, and the answer that kept the book alive</li></ul><p>Guest links:</p><p>→ <a href="https://press.v13.net/releases/bassically-speaking-by-dave-fowler/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://press.v13.net/releases/bassically-speaking-by-dave-fowler/</a></p><p>→ <a href="https://press.v13.net/newsroom/from-small-town-roots-to-global-stages-dave-fowler-teams-with-v13-press-for-memoir-bassically-speaking/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://press.v13.net/newsroom/from-small-town-roots-to-global-stages-dave-fowler-teams-with-v13-press-for-memoir-bassically-speaking/</a></p><p>—</p><p>→ Listen on all platforms: <a href="https://pod.link/1831627966" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pod.link/1831627966</a></p><p>→ Watch on YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUBRjKMVTI9g9dYHn-G1Eib-LfKLZso6_" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUBRjKMVTI9g9dYHn-G1Eib-LfKLZso6_</a></p><p>→ Follow: <a href="https://instagram.com/lowkeyhellish" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/lowkeyhellish</a></p><p>→ V13 Media: <a href="https://v13.net" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://v13.net</a></p><p>→ V13 Store: <a href="https://v13.store" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://v13.store</a></p><p>→ The Cherale (horror novella): <a href="https://a.co/d/1SZhhwS" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://a.co/d/1SZhhwS</a></p><p>→ Newsletters: <a href="https://v13.net/newsletter/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://v13.net/newsletter/</a></p><p>Subscribe and leave a review — and if you're deep in a long project of your own, The Green Room is free artist development from V13, and it's where these conversations continue: <a href="https://www.skool.com/v13-7161" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.skool.com/v13-7161</a></p>