{"product_id":"youve-changed-9780997643640","title":"You've Changed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou've Changed\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poetry that was born over seven years of working on a novel. I may work on the novel for another seven years or another seventy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA song can be held in the mind whole as you work on it. Only so much can happen in a song, or at least only so much can be said about it. To be fair, each word carries more weight. Still, a novelist is obligated to come up with a minimum of forty thousand words that can grip the modern attention span for at least an afternoon. Paul McCartney's \"Blackbird\" has thirty-four words and is done before you can plunge your French press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo maintain a sense of wonder and play in this highly-disciplined writing environment, I created exercises for myself. I would remove time. I would introduce two characters from different books. I would tell a modern story using only words from Genesis. Mostly they were weird little monsters I shared with my friends on the internet. But some were very moving. Some made me cry or laugh out loud. Some still do, even just now proofreading the latest version. Somehow my heart got into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the magic of art. I show up and do things every day. Suddenly one day my hand says something my heart has been trying to say for years. It feels as if a cog has moved inside me. As if my internal machinery has wheeled forward another inch in its specific mission, a mission that is maddeningly hidden from me inside the ink of a thousand hotel pens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou've Changed \u003c\/em\u003eis a seven-year journey of inches. I didn't even know I was making a book and now you may be holding it. Please take your time with it. It's magic after all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Byrd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mezcalita Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997643640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eByrd, Jonathan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jonathan Byrd is a preacher's son, Gulf War veteran, and popular songwriter known for reworking the roots of American music into ballads that border on literature. Born on a Friday the 13th in November 1970, Byrd is a seventh generation native of North Carolina, though he has lived in Texas, Virginia, Germany, and various latitudes at sea. Jonathan keeps a busy schedule touring the US, Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom. He calls Chapel Hill, North Carolina home. You've Changed is his first book of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mezcalita Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40866893037683,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":22.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e09f5de-4d13-4c7b-8dbb-9ae14f2582a1.jpg?v=1687960029","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/youve-changed-9780997643640","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}