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Monday Motivation: The Exceptions

November 14, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

I imagine many people cringing if their kid said, “Mom, Dad…When I grow up, I want to travel the world hunting down monster myths with a band of friends…on TV. I want to be paid more than you guys make doing this crazy dream.” Sounds far fetched, but it’s exactly what what Josh Gates of […]

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What to Do When You Find the Time

August 3, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

On Monday, I posted an entry about how to make time. People really seemed to like it. I received email from somebody asking what to do with that time when you reclaim it. I thought it was weird. Last night, though, a friend posted on Facebook that he was checking work email. Since I’m working […]

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Monday Motivation: Exciting Writing

June 27, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

Jennifer Colliau, founder of Small Hand Foods, is featured in the latest issue of Imbibe Magazine. “Who is Jennifer Colliau, and what does she have to do with writing?” you might ask? Looking at the sites I linked to, it might seem like she has nothing in common with writing. She has studied the craft […]

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Sick of Your Own Writing

April 20, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

I have a little secret about the first novel I ever wrote: I’m really, really sick of it! It started out as a screenplay, which was edited several times. Then I used the screenplay as an outline for a novel, which was edited several times. Then I recorded the novel and released it as a […]

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Millions or Enough?

April 13, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

On Monday, Kristin Bair O’Keeffe asked readers of Writerhead what they’d go the whole wide world over for. She asked readers what they wanted in life–with their writing and just as a human sharing space on the planet with billions of other humans. I answered. As a writer, I want enough. By that, I mean […]

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The Benefits of Sequential Content (Preview)

March 22, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

This Saturday, March 26, I’m giving a presentation at the Art Institute in Dallas about how you can use sequential content to keep people coming back to all you’re doing online (and how to use WordPress to manage your sequential content). If you aren’t already a member of the Dallas/Fort Worth WordPress Meetup group, go […]

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Monday Motivation: The Dream

January 17, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

Outside Magazine has published some of my all-time favorite non-fiction. Years later, this piece about a guy building a hovercraft in his basement and this piece about a bunch of friends on a four-day road trip to climb the highest peaks in the Midwest (yep, you read that right), still hold up for me. In […]

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Monday Motivation: Learning from Musicians

January 3, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 7 Comments

I’ve known my friend Brent Meyer since high school. We’ve always supported what the other is up to, even though Brent’s always been focused on music, and my focus has always been on writing. Being friends with Brent, I’ve seen that no matter what one’s creative obsession, there are many parallels about what works no […]

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A Year Ago Today…

December 17, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

A year ago today, I was laid off from the longest job I  ever held. I planned to leave last summer; they unknowingly moved the date up 6 or 7 months. The year following every layoff I’ve ever had has always been productive and fun. This past year has been the best! The Year in […]

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The Exceptions

December 9, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

People say stories like this one about a single father rising from poverty to e-book publishing success are exceptions. And they are. But bestselling novelists are also exceptions. If you aspire to becoming an exception, there’s more than one way there, now.

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Hooray for Failure

December 6, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

It seems that failure’s received a good rap lately. While there are still those who are terrified to take a step toward the things they want to do for fear of things not working out perfectly, most people in the creative community have come to accept that getting better takes some failing along the way. […]

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Merlin Mann Talks About Creativity

December 4, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

Erik Lundy is a very funny guy and one of the people in my closest circle of creative friends with whom I chat about anything and everything. I’ve never met Erik in real life, even though he lives in the same town in Missouri where my father lived. Still, that hasn’t stopped us from talking […]

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The Influence of Movies

December 3, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

When I was a kid, my father took me to movies I shouldn’t have been seeing when I was 5 or 6. When The Enforcer came out, the theater ran the original Dirty Harry along with it. More than remembering the movie, I remember the theater — how it smelled like smoke, sweat, and the […]

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