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Three Things

December 20, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Three lightbulbs

The number three is an important number to me. Not for any metaphysical reason, but because I juggle, and most people agree that when you can keep three things going in the basic cascade pattern, you have successfully juggled. I won’t go as far as saying I live my life in threes, but it’s a […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

I Don’t Belong Here

December 1, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

Person standing alone in a foggy field.

There’s a line in Radiohead’s song “Creep” that always settled somewhere deep within me: I don’t belong here… It’s a feeling I’ve struggled with for decades. There have been times, even among close friends, that I’ve felt like I don’t belong. I know part of it goes back to being heavily picked on when I […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Quieting the Interrupted Brain

November 28, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Ocean horizon

Last week, I had my first full week off in two years. I had grand plans that involved writing, hiking, canoeing, and other things. Mostly, though, I sat still. I’d not call what I did last week laziness, though; I did do things! But those things were much more reflective and done without interruption: reading, […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: Writing

The Best of Not About Lumberjacks

November 19, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Ax in the grass.

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… […]

Filed Under: Podcasting, Short Fiction Tagged With: Not About Lumberjacks

The Little Red Canoe

October 18, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 7 Comments

Mad River Adventure 16 Canoe on a Beach

I thought about writing a longer piece about the little red canoe (that, if we’re being honest, is anything but little (or light)). I thought about sharing the story how it, and all its gear, was purchased with money from a travel article chronicling Texas roadside attractions. I could tell you that we’ve had it […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

80 Days Revisited

September 22, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

Hand tossing a stone in the air

On July 6, I gave myself 80s days to finish the current draft of the latest novel-in-progress. On July 31, the company where I work went through [another] large layoff. I was spared, but another technical writer in my group wasn’t. And guess who got his job on top of all the regular writing tasks […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Everything I Learned about Writing I Learned in Lankhmar

September 14, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

Lankhmar Neighborhood - Everything I Learned about Writing I Learned in Lankhmar

My life changed in 1985, with the publication of TSR Games’ LANKHMAR – CITY OF ADVENTURE release. Six years of playing Dungeons and Dragons led to that moment, an open adventure where friends and I could lay out the city map and do anything we wanted. As the Dungeon Master, it was my job to […]

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Year Eight

September 8, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

8-Ball

Eight years ago today, I posted the first entry on The Juggling Writer. I still believe in the points mentioned in that entry; in fact, I will go into my day job today and mention a juggling analogy as I discuss how I’ve taken on a laid-off writer’s duties in the past week. (The point: […]

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The September Silence 2017

September 1, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Tree and sunrise

As the 80-Day challenge to get the current draft of the novel-in-progress readable clicks along, it’s that time of the year: The September Silence. Named by a friend who missed seeing me on Facebook each September when I logged out to kick off my favorite writing time of the year (September – November), it has […]

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80 Days

July 6, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Pile of globes - 80 Days

One of my favorite people to follow online is Alastair Humphreys. I have several of his books (and recommend Microadventures to anyone). Alastair recently tweeted about accepting an 80-day challenge. The challenge is geared more toward adventure, but Alastair decided to do something different. His challenge: finish the book he’s working on. Follow @MrMarkBeaumont on […]

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Flawed Yet Perfect Things

June 27, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Animal Man rubbing his head

One of my favorite novels (probably my favorite novel of all novels I’ve read) is Robert Olmstead’s A Trail of Heart’s Blood Wherever We Go. It is quirky, yet so normal. It’s lean in its writing, even though at times — admittedly — it goes on a bit long in scenes. But man, those moments […]

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An Early Second Wind

June 22, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

A woman swimming across a lake

For me, September is my writing new year. There’s just something about the arrival of the month that turns summer into fall that I love. Even though it stays hot in Texas into late October or early November, September is when it seems like I get a second writing wind just as the starting gun […]

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A Literary Mother’s Day

May 14, 2017 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Painting by Cuyler Etheredge

Growing up, it was never lost on me how fortunate I was to have the women in my life who helped me become the man I am today. In some cases, the women were authors I’d never know: women who’d written books that floored me and gave me a different perspective on life than many […]

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