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Killing Your Darlings

July 26, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

Coiled rope on the floor

Last weekend, I chatted with my mom about a scene from the current novel rewrite I cut. Then a friend (Rick Coste) and I chatted in email about the phrase: Kill your darlings Killing Your Darlings I once knew someone who went through a story and cut all their favorite scenes. Not analyzing so much […]

Filed Under: Writing Tips

A Line at a Time

July 24, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

A welder

When I lived near Chicago, I was tracked as a vocational student. That meant the school I attended looked at my grades [but never at me, asking what I wanted to do later in life] and determined: This kid is not going to remove tumors from brains, defend someone during the ‘Case of the Century,’ […]

Filed Under: Process

The C-Word

July 22, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Chum scene from Jaws: Your art when you call it content ("Hope I catch some views with this crap!")

A friend posted this on Twitter a couple days ago: Advice for a better life: Never trust someone who calls vacation “vacay” or calls art “content”. #ProTip #ArtLife — John Picacio (@JohnPicacio) July 20, 2016 I’ve been wanting to write this entry for awhile, so if you like it — thank John. If you hate […]

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Perfection Does Not Just Happen

July 17, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Hands shaping a bowl on a potter's wheel

A good friend (my old juggling partner) shared one of his favorite podcasts with me the last time we got together: Two Guys on Your Head. Episodes are short (7 1/2 minutes), quite brilliant, and funny — making catching up a not-so-hard thing to do. They did a longer episode from a talk done at […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

The Drawbacks of a Crowded Head

July 4, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

A crowded city

When I left work for the weekend, a coworker mentioned a remote teammate (in Ireland) and their 3-week vacation. No sooner than it was mentioned, someone nearby said this: I couldn’t do that. All I’d think about the whole time is all the email and other things I’d return to. I dread being away for […]

Filed Under: Productivity

My Pursuit of Silence

June 27, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

Person sipping coffee on the end of a pier on a foggy morning

Over the weekend, I finally got around to watching In Pursuit of Silence. (It was something I backed on Kickstarter, and I’m happy to see it getting attention.) If you follow this blog with any regularity, you know I have a strong appreciation for solitude and silence. So on a quiet Saturday evening, I sat […]

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The Best Laid Plans

June 24, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Lighted walkway at night.

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 […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Podcasting

Creatively Refreshed

June 22, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

Person splashing down into a lake.

There always comes a certain relief, and even an almost strange sense of confusion, following a big software release at work. And the latest release was the biggest I’ve seen in the almost four years I’ve been with the company. It’s not that I don’t write and do creative things when I’m busy at work, […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

In Stillness

June 18, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

Red canoes on a pier on a still lake.

In stillness there is a power louder than thunder. In stillness is an opposition to life’s hurried pace. In stillness, many great things are done. I’m not an all-or-nothing kind of person who believes that things must be done only one way — and that all other ways of doing things are wrong. If someone […]

Filed Under: Productivity

A Bit Busy

June 15, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

A blurred crowd

With the biggest software release ever at the day job, writing, Not About Lumberjacks, Men in Gorilla Suits, and preparing for a talk about podcasting fiction for a local podcast group, I’ve been a bit busy. Things are beginning to slow, though. I’ll get back to The Juggling Writer soon — including an interview with […]

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Recap of the Unbound Book Festival

April 25, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund 6 Comments

Alex George and Christopher Gronlund at the Missouri Theatre

A recent article about the Unbound Book Festival began with these lines: Thank God for Alex George. I have never believed in any god, but were I to believe, I would say whatever god I believed in smiled on Alex George this past weekend. A Bit About Alex I don’t remember what blog entry it […]

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On Not Giving a Fuck

April 13, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

A woman shrugging.

There is a certain freedom in not caring about certain things in certain ways. It’s not apathy — at least in the sense that many people think of when they hear the word. I’m talking about the freedom in realizing that sometimes the best thing to do is your own thing. It goes well beyond […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

How to End a Story

April 4, 2016 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

A VW bus at the end of a road leading to a lake

I gave myself a writing challenge this year: in addition to a second (and maybe third) draft on a novel, work on another novel, and producing 76 podcasts — I decided 12 short stories over the year was in order. With occasional overtime at work and having a life outside all that, I’ve convinced myself […]

Filed Under: Short Fiction

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