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What Do Italian Fig Cookies Have To Do With Writing?

December 12, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 7 Comments

This time of the year, Italians make fig cookies. Most fig cookies I’ve seen are cucidati, similar enough in shape to a Fig Newton, but with a totally different dough and frosted. [A quick aside: there’s really no comparison between Fig Newtons and Italian Fig cookies. While I’ve liked Fig Newtons since childhood, the filling […]

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Paying the Tab

December 7, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

My father moved to Kansas from Chicago when I was 8 or 9. After my step mother divorced him (sometime in my early teens), he eventually settled in Independence, Missouri, where I visited during the summers. He tried taking time off work when I visited so we could go fishing, canoeing, and camping. Before one […]

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Monday Motivation: Writing Terroir

November 28, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

Burgundy wines taste like the region: deliberate and heady and herbal. Piedmont wines are as crisp as the region. You can taste the craft of California wines and know how lush Oregon and Washington are in each sip without ever visiting. Taking in a mouthful of Riesling is like bobbing for stones in a cool […]

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A Thankful Writer

November 24, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

A couple years ago, I gave thanks to a lot of people who helped me along the way to becoming a writer. This past year, I’ve noticed more regular readers to The Juggling Writer. That means a lot to me, and I thank you. It’s weird (and cool) that there are people I would have […]

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Another Change in Writing Plans

November 17, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 12 Comments

I recently shared the opening to the novel I’m currently working on, A Magic Life. I planned to start the novel next year, but it became all I was thinking about — so I started it this month. A few chapters in, something happened: I jumped from past tense to present tense. I’ve only written […]

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Opening to A Magic Life

October 26, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 6 Comments

About a month ago, I posted about working on a rewrite of something while starting a new book I didn’t plan to start until next year. (Sometimes the urge for something new hits and you just have to run with it.) While I wanted to get another ebook out there before the year’s end, the […]

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From a Basic Foundation

October 5, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

The basis for advanced juggling patterns is the three-ball cascade. * Writing isn’t too much different than juggling. When writing stories, three things are also the basis for advanced techniques: a beginning, a middle, and an end. * (Okay, so it’s not the basis of everything, but to go on and on about odd-numbered patterns […]

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Banned Books Week 2011

September 30, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

The closest I’ve ever come to getting political on The Juggling Writer was last year, during banned books week. It’s banned books week, but this time, I’ll be more personal than political. Why I Am I grew up with a library of science and geography books at my disposal. Because those books were available in […]

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A Surprise Audience

September 28, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

An unexpected thing happened with the release of my ebook, Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors: the people I thought would buy it aren’t necessarily the people buying it. The story is a humorous coming-of-age story about a family traveling cross country in a possessed station wagon. Based on that, I figured teenagers (primarily males) […]

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Charging into Fall

September 23, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 7 Comments

My favorite season has arrived! While it’s usually in the 90s in north Texas on the first day of fall, today’s low was in the upper 50s. Windows are open, and everything smells wonderful. It’s funny how the change of a season and the weather can affect something like writing. A New Start Businesses have […]

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A Change in Writing Plans?

September 19, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 6 Comments

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;” — Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken” I ended up doing more day job writing this weekend than […]

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20-Sided Ideas

September 15, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

I was playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) with a friend when the US Olympic hockey team beat the Russians. We paused for a moment to watch the Miracle on Ice unfold — then we promptly returned to slaying orcs and kobolds… I grew up in northern Illinois. When I was a little older and went […]

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Random Writing-ish Bits

September 9, 2011 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

First, a big thank you to everybody who wished The Juggling Writer a happy birthday yesterday. I almost broke my 50-day social media break and replied to somebody on Twitter. I found out that Dubé Juggling Equipment wished The Juggling Writer a happy birthday on their Twitter feed. Forgive the Geek Drool Some people get […]

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