I’m terrible at asking for help, but if you like this blog, or the stories I write, sharing this would be appreciated… Not About Lumberjacks On November 17, 2015, I loaded the first episode of Not About Lumberjacks. It’s a story about a dog who eats everything in sight. It still holds up for me… […]
A Year Without Lumberjacks
Yesterday, Not about Lumberjacks turned one year old. It started with a story about a dog who eats everything in sight: “Gutterball.” As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I ended up writing more new stories in the first year of the show than I planned. And the way those new stories developed has surprised me quite a […]
The Best Laid Plans
Projects have a way of feeling like dimly lit pathways disappearing into the dark. Sometimes the path vanishes before us, and the best we can hope for is that we’re still heading the right direction (or that we’ll find our way back to the path). And sometimes we discover a different route was the better […]
Been a Long Time for a Short Story
I can’t remember the last time I finished a short story. In recent years, it’s been all about finishing novels. That changed yesterday. I Think I Remember How to Do This While I have a decent backlog of short stories for the Not About Lumberjacks podcast, I know I need to start writing new stories […]
The New Podcast
Last week I launched the first episode of the new podcast. So far, people seem to like it. I pushed the release up a bit because the story, in its own little way, is a vague Thanksgiving story. If you’re in the states and traveling this week (or you just need a 7 minute and […]
Keeping it Short
As I work on finalizing the release of Not about Lumberjacks later this month, my mind has drifted to short stories. It’s strange after being focused on nothing but novel-length fiction in recent years. I’ve mentioned before that I used to write short fiction regularly, back when two friends and I met every couple weeks […]
Not About Lumberjacks
This post is not about lumberjacks. That would be silly, to make this a post about lumberjacks… Who would do such a thing? * * * I recently mentioned the goal of The Juggling Writer has always been this: To keep writing at the front of my mind by writing about it, and hoping it […]
Little Things Better than Money
I’ve mentioned before that I am not the best at promoting the things I do. Because of this, after releasing a new e-book or doing something else online that can make money, things fall off to a trickle. I’m fine with that; there are usually newer and bigger things I’m working on. Spending too much […]
Five Writing Lessons Learned from Podcast Movement
Last weekend, I attended Podcast Movement 2014, in Dallas. Over 600 podcasters from all over the world descended on the area. (If you’re interested, I wrote about it here.) If you know me, you know I tend to be shy in groups. Even around people I know well, the moment there are four or more […]
Body of Work
[Cross-posted from my personal blog.] * * * I’ve talked before about creating a body of work before (even used an image of piled wood to make the point). In fact, that post was in honor of the 25th episode of the Men in Gorilla Suits podcast. Today marks Episode 53 — our one-year anniversary! […]
Talking about Writing
I haven’t talked too much about the weekly podcast I do with Shawn Kupfer. Next week will mark putting out a weekly show for half a year. Our 24th episode will be all about cooking and eating. That’s why I don’t talk about the podcast that much, here — what we talk about, more times […]
Pirato Ketchup – That’s Right!
If you listened to the Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors podcast, you’ve heard Belgium’s best surf band, Pirato Ketchup. Pirato Ketchup’s “Escape from Tridion” is used as the theme. The boys from Liege are back with a new EP called That’s Right! (Give it a listen — consider buying.) Why I Like Creative Commons […]
Statistics and Reviews
I’ve never been that obsessed with statistics. The times I’ve watched sports? I was never into stats. I can’t remember the last time I looked at the stats for The Juggling Writer. I have no idea how many people have subscribed to my RSS feed or what my top articles are. I really only look […]