2011 wasn’t as busy a year for The Juggling Writer as last year. I’m sure, in part, that starting a new job was partially to blame for only 93 entries for the year — not the 150 entries of the year before. But it was still a good year. I wrote almost 95 entries this […]
Archives for 2011
The Things Not Said
Last night, I watched Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater. I thought about writing a post about things known writers can do with direct distribution, but changed my mind as I sat down to write this. (If you’re not familiar with Live at the Beacon Theater, Louis CK funded the production himself, edited the […]
What Do Italian Fig Cookies Have To Do With Writing?
This time of the year, Italians make fig cookies. Most fig cookies I’ve seen are cucidati, similar enough in shape to a Fig Newton, but with a totally different dough and frosted. [A quick aside: there’s really no comparison between Fig Newtons and Italian Fig cookies. While I’ve liked Fig Newtons since childhood, the filling […]
Paying the Tab
My father moved to Kansas from Chicago when I was 8 or 9. After my step mother divorced him (sometime in my early teens), he eventually settled in Independence, Missouri, where I visited during the summers. He tried taking time off work when I visited so we could go fishing, canoeing, and camping. Before one […]
The Thing About Books
I like e-books. I’ve been buying more e-books than physical books, lately. Not that I have anything against physical books — quite the contrary: I love physical books. But in a one-bedroom apartment, there’s not a lot of room for physical books. (Which is why I tend to give books away.) E-books are a great […]
Amazon as Publisher
I’ve chatted before about how I see some parallels with self publishing e-books and self published comic books from the mid 90s. And I still wonder if it’s possible for an unknown writer of literary or upmarket fiction to find the same kind of success as some unknown genre self publishers. (There’s a great article […]
Monday Motivation: Writing Terroir
Burgundy wines taste like the region: deliberate and heady and herbal. Piedmont wines are as crisp as the region. You can taste the craft of California wines and know how lush Oregon and Washington are in each sip without ever visiting. Taking in a mouthful of Riesling is like bobbing for stones in a cool […]
After the Social Media Break
At 8:00 p.m. last Wednesday night, I returned to social media. I recently wrote about the 101-day social media break here. And now, some thoughts upon returning… The First Thing Upon returning to social media, the first thing I checked was Facebook. And the first thing I saw? A rant about how stupid Black Friday […]
A Thankful Writer
A couple years ago, I gave thanks to a lot of people who helped me along the way to becoming a writer. This past year, I’ve noticed more regular readers to The Juggling Writer. That means a lot to me, and I thank you. It’s weird (and cool) that there are people I would have […]
101 Days Without Social Media
Today at 8:00 p.m. is the end: 101 days without social media. I made it. I’d like to say it had a profound effect on me. In some ways, at least initially, it did. Then it was just a no-issue kind of thing I didn’t think about much. It was no longer, “I’m giving something […]
Another Change in Writing Plans
I recently shared the opening to the novel I’m currently working on, A Magic Life. I planned to start the novel next year, but it became all I was thinking about — so I started it this month. A few chapters in, something happened: I jumped from past tense to present tense. I’ve only written […]
The Color of Writing
I’ve mentioned before that I like learning things about writing from artists. If you think about the line work (the actual drawing) Quentin Blake talks about in the video above as plot and the color as prose, there’s something to be learned here.
Interview with Shawn Kupfer
I first heard of Shawn Kupfer when his book, 47 Echo, was reviewed on The Nerdist blog. So imagine my surprise when shortly after, he moved to Texas and not only ended up working where I work, but in the same department. And not just the same department…but on the same project! Small world… Shawn […]
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