For years, I’ve wanted to document my writing process more. Obviously, I’ve shared quite a bit, here, but never a true Beginning-to-End effort. That’s about to change. The Process Series I finally started creating short videos about all that goes into creating an episode of Not About Lumberjacks. My goal is, when it’s done, to […]
How Do You Write?
Getting from one side of a novel to the other… There comes a point in my writing process that I take over the living room for the day. Whether it’s bits and pieces of a story written on note cards, or printed sections of a manuscript color coded and spread out on the floor so […]
Making Writing Visual
I have always admired artists. They can hold up their work and, in an instant, an audience can tell if they like it or not. I’ve talked about it before: when it comes to a properly formatted manuscript — physically — they all look the same. (Man, that’s a shoddy video! But…it’s how one learns!) […]
Caddo Lake State Park Writing Retreat
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned a second annual writing retreat was happening. With last year’s retreat a success, there was no way a friend and I weren’t going to make it an annual thing. There are plenty of lakes with weekend cabins not too far away, and thanks to the mightiness that is the […]
How to End a Novel
It’s been a while since I made a writing video… It’s been a while since I’ve made any kind of video… Work, life, and some other busy things have meant — in recent months — that I’ve only been able to work on writing…not writing and blogging and making the occasional video on the side. […]
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 […]
Oh Yeah, I Have a Blog…
I got email asking why I haven’t posted in 2013. It’s not that I’ve been too busy to post — although I have been busy at the day job and with writing. After I finish the day’s writing quota and wrap up a day’s work, I just haven’t had too much to say that pertains […]
Better Writing Through Birdemic
Last Thursday, I finally saw Birdemic (the RiffTrax Live event). It was a blast; I was hoarse for a couple days from laughing so hard. Somewhere into the opening credits, which drag on and on and on and on, it hit me: people can learn some writing lessons from watching this movie mocked by the […]
The Benefits of Sequential Content at ETCDallas
Last June, I spoke about the Benefits of Sequential Content at Emerging Tech Conference Dallas. I previously gave this presentation at the Dallas/Ft. Worth WordPress Meetup and posted a Juggling Writing entry about it here. Well, I polished it up a bit and presented it to a bigger crowd. I realize most of us don’t […]
Three Years of The Juggling Writer
The Juggling Writer has made it to year three. 375 posts…125 a year. Not quite my goal of 3 posts/week, but still close. If the blog were a tequila, it would be certified Extra Añejo. Were it a child, the terrible twos would be a thing of the past, and all kinds of cool things […]
Bookcase Tour (Part 2)
A couple people have wondered what books are behind me in the bookcases where I shoot Juggling Writer videos. Here’s a tour of the second bookcase…and the room where I write. Also, all Labor Day weekend, you can get the e-book version of my first novel, Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors, at the links […]
Bookcase Tour (Part 1)
A couple people have wondered what books are behind me in the bookcases where I shoot Juggling Writer videos. Here’s a quick tour of the first bookcase. Also, all Labor Day weekend, you can get the e-book version of my first novel, Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors, at the links below. Kindle: http://www.christophergronlund.com/HCWWPDrl.prc Nook […]
Unplugging from the Internet
I know I can go 101 days without social media. Giving up Twitter, Google+, and especially Facebook isn’t too tough for me. I can go without a telephone, too. (I’m also not much of a fan of text messages.) The one thing I always check daily, though, is email. So…this past weekend, I unplugged it […]