I’m attending Open Camp this weekend. While people who read The Juggling Writer regularly may wonder what a recap about a conference focusing on Web technology has to do with writing, so far every panel discussion I’ve listened to has offered things I can do and use as a writer to get what I write […]
Archives for August 2010
5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Be A Better Writer Next Month
Summer’s nearing an end–the days are getting shorter and kids are returning to school. For many people, there’s a sense of urgency going into September. If you write, there’s a chance that writing will fall to the side as other responsibilities take priority. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Here are five things […]
Pile O’ Randomness
I hung out with my friend, Jeremy, yesterday. He’s getting ready to head to New York City next week for a month (he is the recipient of the Dozier Travel Grant). During lunch, we talked about how when you’re a writer or artist, people seem to love trying to give you ideas. Or I should […]
Weekly Roundup (08/15/10 – 08/21/10)
Links for the week: Some good stuff about writing to be found out there this week, beginning with Nathan Bransford’s post: Do You Suffer from One of these Writing Maladies? It’s worth reading for the Old Spice Guy Effect/Excessive Rug-Pulling section at the end. The gem of the week: Marcus Sakey’s, How to Ensure 75% […]
The Rawness of a Duck
I have a confession: with few exceptions, I don’t discuss writing with many other writers. When it comes to talking about writing, I prefer talking with artists. Next to talking about writing with two friends in my writing group, I prefer talking about writing with my wife (an artist), and my friend Jeremy (an artist). […]
The Juggling Writer Podcast
I’ve wanted to podcast my first novel for a couple years. My first novel, called Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors, is a humorous coming-of-age story about a family traveling cross country in a possessed station wagon. I have a reader lined up, and I finally purchased a recording setup (a Samson C03U USB condenser […]
The End of Silence
I’m sorry I haven’t been posting much, lately. I just haven’t had much to say that’s been worth writing about. (I never want to write a blog entry just for the sake of writing an entry.) I spent a lot of time preparing for a writing conference at the end of June. Since then, I’ve […]