Dreams are cheap. Everybody has one. The hard part is surviving long enough to do something about it. In Go Book Yourself: Nobody's Coming to Save You, So Build Your Own Stage, entertainer David Vox Mullen pulls back the curtain on more than three decades of chasing creative dreams and learning hard lessons along the way.

From dropping out of high school and heading to Nashville with a demo CD and a dream, to fronting a rock band, producing podcasts before podcasting was mainstream, performing standup comedy across the country, creating award-winning films, appearing on national television, and building his own opportunities when nobody else would hand them to him, David shares the victories, failures, humiliations, reinventions, and unexpected successes that shaped his journey. Part memoir, part entertainment survival guide, and part kick in the ass, Go Book Yourself is an honest look at what it really takes to build a creative life in a world that rarely hands out permission slips. Inside you'll discover:

• Why talent alone isn't enough

• How to survive rejection, burnout, and self-doubt

• Why momentum beats perfection

• The power of creating your own opportunities

• How to stop waiting and start building

• Why nobody really knows what they're doing.

Most importantly, you'll learn that the people who succeed aren't always the most talented. They're the ones who stay in the fight. Whether you're a musician, comedian, filmmaker, entrepreneur, writer, artist, podcaster, or simply someone with a dream that refuses to leave you alone, this book will challenge you to stop waiting for permission and start creating the life you want. The future belongs to the people willing to build it.

Go book yourself.