{"id":16661,"date":"2022-01-21T14:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=16661"},"modified":"2022-01-21T14:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:47:28","slug":"staffer-brian-james-freemans-last-day-at-cemetery-dance-publications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/staffer-brian-james-freemans-last-day-at-cemetery-dance-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Staffer Brian James Freeman&#8217;s Last Day At Cemetery Dance Publications!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Folks!<\/p>\n<p>Long-time staffer Brian James Freeman here. Today marks my final day working full-time for CD, the only workplace I&#8217;ve known since graduating college nearly 20 years ago. I&#8217;ve loved getting to know our amazing collectors, authors, artists, designers, booksellers,\u00a0and vendors\u00a0over the years. Working with Rich, Mindy, Norman, Dan, and everyone else has been an absolutely\u00a0incredible experience.<\/p>\n<p>My new job is something I honestly never thought would be possible: writing short stories for a living!\u00a0If you know this business, you know that was a pretty insane dream to have. After all, when was the last time writers could earn enough from their short stories to pay their bills?<\/p>\n<p>But thanks to some dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BrianJamesFreeman\">supporters of my Patreon,<\/a> I have the opportunity to do just that, and I can&#8217;t wait to see where this new adventure takes me. (Of course, because creating small press special editions really <em>is<\/em> a ton of fun, I will continue publishing a few of my friends over at my own press, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Lividian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lividian Publications.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few links for anyone who wants to follow along with what comes next:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BrianJamesFreeman\">My Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.BrianJamesFreeman.com\">Brian James Freeman&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjamesfreeman.com\/newsletter\/\">Brian James Freeman&#8217;s Free Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianFreeman\">Brian on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrianJamesFreeman\/\">Brian on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brianjamesfreeman\/\">Brian on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.Lividian.com\">Lividian Publications website<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Thank you again to everyone I&#8217;ve met along the way. And thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Best,<br \/>\nBrian<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/update-desk-richard-chizmar-march-2017\/cdlogo300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CDlogo300.jpg?fit=550%2C1096&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,1096\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cemetery Dance Publications\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CDlogo300.jpg?fit=514%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9795\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CDlogo300.jpg?resize=176%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CDlogo300.jpg?resize=176%2C350&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CDlogo300.jpg?resize=514%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CDlogo300.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 85vw, 176px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Folks! Long-time staffer Brian James Freeman here. Today marks my final day working full-time for CD, the only workplace I&#8217;ve known since graduating college nearly 20 years ago. I&#8217;ve loved getting to know our amazing collectors, authors, artists, designers, booksellers,\u00a0and vendors\u00a0over the years. Working with Rich, Mindy, Norman, Dan, and everyone else has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/staffer-brian-james-freemans-last-day-at-cemetery-dance-publications\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Staffer Brian James Freeman&#8217;s Last Day At Cemetery Dance Publications!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakingnews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Staffer Brian James Freeman&#039;s Last Day At Cemetery Dance Publications! 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