Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries

If you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening.  Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true. Are you a True West Maniac? Get True West for LIFE...Click here!

Saturday, November 30, 2002

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November 30, 2002 Need to take my own advice: draw every day without hope, without despair. Got bogged down yesterday. Got film of the ...
Friday, November 29, 2002

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November 29, 2002 Good, productive day yesterday. Made bacon and pancakes for Tommy and Jake at about 11, Then outiftted them as Dalton...
Thursday, November 28, 2002

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November 28, 2002 Worked hard yesterday afternoon trying to wrap up the Dalton art. Finished one piece, six to go (sigh). Slow going. W...
Wednesday, November 27, 2002

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November 27, 2002 Fun day yesterday. Carole got a Thanksgiving spread of cold cuts, pasta, potato salad, ham, turkey, beef, pickles, cu...
Tuesday, November 26, 2002

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November 26, 2002 I actually saw Bill Tilghman move last night! Pretty amazing. When I did my last book, Bad Men: Outlaws & Gunfight...
Monday, November 25, 2002

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November 25, 2002 Did a bit of artwork yesterday morning, but not enough. Hanging out as usual. Kathy and I left at 2:30 and drov...
Sunday, November 24, 2002

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November 24, 2002 Yesterday I finally got in the water with artwork. Did a big background painting in late morning, then took a nap, ha...
Saturday, November 23, 2002

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November 23, 2002 Yesterday morning I saw in the paper the ad for the new Bond movie “Die Another Day.” (see ad). Believe it or not thi...
Friday, November 22, 2002

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November 22, 2002 I’m running a photo of the Renegades ( a loose knit group of my history nut friends) in front of the Condon Bank in C...
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Thursday, November 21, 2002

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November 21, 2002 We’re growing so fast it’s giving us cash flow fits. Carole and I worry about it, going over the spreadsheets and P...
Wednesday, November 20, 2002

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November 20, 2002 The Dalton Raid has expanded to eight pages. It’s a monster. Going to be very strong. Several never before published ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

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November 19, 2002 Office copies came yesterday. Got a bucket brigade going out the back door and unloaded about 3,500 January issues in...
Monday, November 18, 2002

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November 18, 2002 “There are two myths about javelinas,” Conrad Storad told me yesterday. “One is that they are pigs, and the other is t...
Sunday, November 17, 2002

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November 17, 2002 Yesterday I woke up with big plans. I was going to attack the Dalton paintings with new vigor. I had the right refere...
Saturday, November 16, 2002

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November 16, 2002 Yesterday morning, I had a great call to IPD, our bookstore distributor. They are going to increase our draw there ...
Friday, November 15, 2002

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November 15, 2002 Still trying to shoehorn in all the great maps, photos and graphics into the Dalton piece. Gus and I rammed and jamme...
Thursday, November 14, 2002

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November 14, 2002 Still struggling with Dalton’s Coffeyville Raid. Too much stuff (good art) for five pages. Gus and I roughed in the la...
Wednesday, November 13, 2002

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November 13, 2002 Strong day in office yesterday. Finally finished first draft of Dalton Raid on Coffeyville (seven pages!). Spent most...
Tuesday, November 12, 2002

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November 12, 2002 Windy out. Feels good. Went for a walk with Kathy. Big staff meeitng this morning. Lots to talk about. Jim Dullenty, ...
Monday, November 11, 2002

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November 11, 2002 Got a bugged boy: Big Tom is looking at me pet and coo over Peaches, who’s got her snout in my lap, begging for carre...
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Bob Boze Bell's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy, National Lampoon, the Arizona Republic and True West magazine. For ten years (2002-20012) he did a video version of True West Moments which ran on the Westerns Channel. BBB can currently be seen on the series "Gunslingers" which runs on the American Heroes Channel. Triple B is also the President and executive editor of True West magazine, positions he has held since 1999. He has written a dozen books on Old West characters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and a three-part series (so far) on Classic Gunfights which appear in True West. These popular, heavily illustrated books have sold over 90,000 copies, so far. In 2014 he published a visual memoir of growing up on Route 66 called "The 66 Kid," and he is currently working on a bio of Geronimo. As for retirement, BBB says, "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm exactly where I want to be."
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