P R E F A C E: 'Hollow Life.'
By Michael Dane, Himself.
This book is all about honestly. I’m not holding back anything. Some, or most, of what you will read in this book will shock you. There are happy parts. Happy endings. Sunshine and smiles. But there’s also a lot in this book that will piss you off, make you chuckle, make you sad and help you realize, as I did, that taking care of your mental health is virtually one of the most important things you can do for yourself, ever.
In this book I have written passages of my life. I have chosen to include in this book, just about everything I’ve done in my life. What you are about to read will probably shock the shit out of you. But it’s all true. And it happened to me.
I have included in this book, all of my favorite songs that have in some way, shape or for, effected my life deeply, helping me to never give up.
These songs have helped me through the best and the worse times in my life.
In each chapter, I will describe what happened to me. These life experiences I write about are not in order of when they happened. This book would be too damn depressing if I put everything in order! Everything in this book you will read is 100% true. Some of the passages in this book still haunt me now and then. Some make me happy. Some make me sad. Some piss me off. Some make my eyes fill with tears that just roll down my face and drop off into nowhere.
It took me nearly 15 years, well closer to 20 years, to produce, create and edit “HOLLOW,” the 10 episode miniseries; which is basically a movie of this book. That show is very, extremely difficult to watch, due to it’s graphic nature during particular episodes. As of the time this book is being written, Hollow has never been introduced to the public, and has only been watched by 5 people and 5 people only; at the time this book was being written.
This book deals with life, death, happiness, sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, marriage, divorce, losing a daughter, my 3 times being homeless across America, being in jail, Stealing a car, drinking too much, stupid ideas and stunts, embarrassing school moments, fucking A school moments, neglect, funny shit, Love, heartbreak and more shit you won’t believe until you read it.
I write about shit the way I would tell it as if I was talking to you in person. I use a lot of bad language. I describe situations in detail. You’ll think I’m a hero. You’ll think I’m an ass hole. You’ll Love me. You’ll Hate me. And that’s okay.
TRIGGER WARNING:
A statement at the start of a piece of writing, video, etc., alerting the reader or viewer to the fact that it contains potentially distressing material (often used to introduce a description of such content): "there probably should be a trigger warning for people dealing with grief" · "trigger warning: sexual assault discussed very bluntly."
- Michael Dane