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In the Middle of the Night

September 7, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Lantern in the dark.

I usually get 7 – 8 hours of sleep each night. But sometimes, usually near the end of a big writing project, my normal schedule falls away and I find myself filling gaps of time by writing. This means sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and write. A [Not So] Good […]

Filed Under: Writing Tips

A Later Start

September 3, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Rippling water

I listened to a great interview with Robert Goolrick yesterday. His road to publication was, like many, a bit rocky. A Well Worn Path Earlier in his life, he had a close call — something he was so sure of, he packed up his life and moved to Greece to wait for his contract and […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

August Progress

September 1, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

I’ve never been one to track my progress when it comes to writing. Generally, I try writing more days than not (4 days a week), but I don’t even track that. If I really don’t feel like writing on a particular day, I don’t. But because I can see the end of a readable draft […]

Filed Under: Productivity

A Busy September Can Still Be Silent

August 31, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Fallen leaves on pavement

September will be a busy month for me. Something fairly big at work is due in the middle of the month, and the current novel should be readable by the end of September. So…it’s a good time to go silent online. The September Silence I’ve not taken a September away from social media the past […]

Filed Under: social media

My Hero Was a Tiny Badass Mightier than Oceans

August 28, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

Cuyler feedback

I was a 21 year-old punk when I met Cuyler Etheredge. I enrolled in the only creative writing class I ever took, and Cuyler was the instructor. At that time, I’d written the first thing I ever wrote with the goal of publication: a 12-page comic book story (horror) that would go on to be […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

The Online Knot

August 28, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Knotted rope.

I’ve never taken a social media break like the time I took the 101 day social media break. Hell, I’ve not done a full “September Silence” in a couple years… I’ve thought about doing both in recent days, but something makes it harder each passing year: connectivity. Connections When people talk about the “real world” […]

Filed Under: social media

The Ticking Passage of August

August 20, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

Rays of sunlight.

I’m still here. It’s been a busy time with work…and a busy time writing. (Also, it’s been remarkably rainy for August in Texas.) I cannot complain…especially about the rain and being busy writing. A Change in Schedule I normally wake up very early to write. I still wake up early, but I’ve not been writing […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Remembering the Process

July 19, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

Blueprint and drafting tools.

I’ve not felt like I’ve been writing well, lately. Words creep along with greater effort than usual, and what sees the page is not good. One recent morning, things finally clicked along again, but a major problem presented itself. (The kind of problem that means rewriting your rewrites.) It would be easy, in recent weeks, […]

Filed Under: Inspiration

Question Everything

July 5, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Question mark drawn with light.

Ideas are easy to come by if you don’t crowd your head with distractions. Ideas are even easier to come by if you question everything. The Slow Turn The other day while driving home from a store, a pickup truck in front of me made a very slow turn. It was ridiculously s…l…o…w. (I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Writing Tips

My Most Hated Literary Rule

June 19, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

A ruler on a table.

I would not say I am contradictory for the sake of itself, but if I don’t believe in a rule, it’s unlikely I will follow it. From a societal standpoint, the way I look at most things conforms with most social mores — so I am a law-abiding citizen. But if I didn’t generally believe […]

Filed Under: Writing Tips

Looking Back on a Good 10 Days

May 29, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

Person silhoutted while sitting in a window.

It’s not that I don’t take time off from work, but it’s rare that I take full weeks off. Long weekends happen somewhat frequently, but in over 5 1/2 years where I work, most weeks off have been stacked around Thanksgiving. Taking last week off [I think] was the first time I’ve taken a week […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

The Radiant Orb That Makes Life Miserable

May 26, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

Hot sun and desert.

I try not to use The Juggling Writer to complain about things. Sure, I talk about work sometimes cutting in line before writing and other things like that, but…it is a blog about all the things in life competing for time with writing. But I’m going to complain in this entry. Hell, I might even […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

The Sixth Annual Writing Retreat

May 23, 2018 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

Cooper Lake State Park sign.

This is how it all played out: we had the writing retreat initially scheduled for April 1 – 3. It was canceled because of a minor medical emergency that could have become major hit my friend, Deacon. A thing you must know about Deacon: after a layoff from his last corporate job, he decided to […]

Filed Under: A Magic Life, Inspiration, Miscellaneous

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