{"id":4823,"date":"2013-02-11T05:30:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T11:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2013-02-11T06:37:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T12:37:42","slug":"men-in-gorilla-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2013\/02\/11\/men-in-gorilla-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Men in Gorilla Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Men in Gorilla Suits - Episode 01: Last Seen...Acting Grown Up!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/images\/migstitlecard01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"275\" \/>It&#8217;s been a busy time at the day job and working on <a title=\"A Magic Life Sneak Peek.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/amagiclifepeek.pdf\"><em>A Magic Life<\/em><\/a>. Sadly, <em>The Juggling Writer<\/em> suffers a bit when I put other things first. The day job and novel-in-progress need to come first, though. Last year, there were times when it was like, &#8220;I can work on the book or&#8230;I can post something to the blog!&#8221; Posting to the blog is easier, so&#8230;posting here often won out.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The New Thing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Because I needed more to do, I started a podcast with my friend and fellow writer Shawn Kupfer. The podcast is called <em>Men in Gorilla Suits<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meningorillasuits.com\">you can find out more here<\/a> if you are so inclined. The first episode went live last Thursday, and now &#8212; each Thursday &#8212; we&#8217;ll post a new episode about pop culture, writing, or whatever we feel like talking about. We wanted to have a head start before posting, and we now have 7 episodes done.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode is all about how it&#8217;s now acceptable to be an adult geek. Other stuff we&#8217;ve recorded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Creating Your Own Reality<\/strong> &#8211; Offices that match personalities, fitness hacks, meditation and lucid dreaming, and other stuff.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conspiracy  Theories<\/strong> &#8211; We finally chat a little bit about writing (about how  conspiracy theories can be good for writing) and how we&#8217;re all not as  far away from believing strange things.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buzzwords and Buzz  Phrases<\/strong> &#8211; We tackle corporate speak and take a side trip into discussing  easy ways to get ahead in an office job by doing less.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Democratization of Content<\/strong> &#8211; Technology has made creating and distributing creative work easy. The ups and downs of that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copyright\/Piracy<\/strong> &#8211; More writing-related than others so far, Shawn and I discuss the pros and cons of copyright and piracy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>World Building<\/strong> &#8211; Our first all-writing episode, all about world building in fiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been up to &#8212; how about you guys?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sneak Peek<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Oh, and if you want to hear a couple samples from Episode 01 of <em>Men in Gorilla Suits<\/em>, check these out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQRlGdIxtho\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mh3MU5_yS08\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy time at the day job and working on A Magic Life. 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