Media Sheet for WELCOME TO THE SHIT SHOW by Dana Sitar Print & Ebook Jan 2015

Synopsis

The stories in this book follow author Dana Sitar and a crew of hopeful twentysomethings through a journey of self­discovery as writers and artists; wandering through sex, drugs, music, divorce, and more as they figure out who, what, and how to be in this world.

There’s that time Dana went to a country music festival and discovered just how debauched drunk Christians can become.

There’s the time she made out with a naked French girl in a hot tub in northern Wisconsin.

Plus, watching friends and family make music in an old basement, discovering the woman she could be after a divorce, and realizing that all that matters in life is to write (and live a life worth writing about).

Follow this writer from her Wisconsin hometown into a new life driven by an ever­increasing love for sex, drugs, and rock and roll ­ and the ongoing discovery of what the hell that means.

Publication Date: January 2015

What readers are saying about Sitar and Welcome to the Shit Show:

"Great writing voice. So distinctive." ­ Penleope Trunk, PenelopeTrunk.com

“Really enjoyed the passion.” ­ Amazon reviewer

“I could just devour her writing.” ­ Jennie Mustafa­Julock, Hungry Entrepreneurs

“fun and entertaining read” ­ Amazon reviewer

Essay and Short Story Collection / Memoir

ISBN: 1505228441 Price: $9.95 USD

Contact dmsitar@gmail.com

Dana Sitar is an author, blogger, and person living in Wisconsin. She writes about writing, life, and love for books, blogs, and sometimes things people care about, like Huffington Post and that time she had an article published in the Onion. t: @danasitar | fb: /danasitar | ig: danasitar

Excerpt from WELCOME TO THE SHIT SHOW by Dana Sitar Print & Ebook Jan 2015

Essay and Short Story Collection / Memoir

ISBN: 1505228441

Paperback Price: $9.95 USD

Contact dmsitar@gmail.com

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◊ THIS ARTISTS’ LIFE

April 7, 2010

I had things to do today. The house needs to be cleaned, and the bills need to be paid. I even had other things to write today. I could have found a job, written something to make someone some money. But I am pulled toward this page; I can’t tear my mind away.

Sitting down to put words on the page puts me in a different place, a place where I am a writer, and I quickly allow everyday annoyances like work and money to slip my mind to make room for the fantasies that dance around the edges all day. I am slowly transformed into the creature who lives within those fantasies, rather than a woman who deals with the everyday drudgery of things like bills and school work and laundry and dishes…

That’s how I got here. Once, I was a wife and a student and a retail clerk. We were going to buy a house, maybe, and I would get a better job after graduation. We could have had kids, maybe, someday. We had a cat and a car and a mild vision for a future. The life of the artist has no room for that kind of comfort.

I have the artist’s soul, the desire to be something other than what is, the desire to create something that does not exist. These are the eyes with which an artist sees the world, the ability to see that what we want is possible. Eyes that overlook this place we are in.

This is what I mean when I say “artist”, when I call the people around me “artists”, when I say I live in this artists’ life. A desire to love those with soul, to love those who create. A desire to be surrounded by art and spirit, surrounded by the euphoric vibe of creative vision always coming to life. A desire to earn my living by sharing my work, by sharing in the work of artists, by shaping the work of dreamers. I want to never again sell my soul and my time to corporate greed and capitalist ambition, but to bare my soul to the world for just rewards.