{"id":725,"date":"2009-12-31T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=725"},"modified":"2009-12-31T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T16:44:07","slug":"top-10-writing-posts-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2009\/12\/31\/top-10-writing-posts-of-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Writing Posts of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I started The Juggling Writer<\/em> in September, so I only have a few months of blog posts to pull from.<\/p>\n

Here are my 10 favorite posts of 2009:<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. The Gift of Reading<\/a>: One of the best gifts an adult can give a child is a love of reading. Here are 10 reasons why.
\n9. 10 Rules for Starting a Writing Group<\/a>: Follow these 10 rules for a strong writing group.
\n8. The Takeoff Roll<\/a>: At some point you have to stop revising and let your writing fly.
\n7. 5 Ways to Give Good Critiques<\/a>: Follow these 5 tips for giving good critiques and you increase your chances of receiving them yourself.
\n6. 5 Ways to Handle Criticism<\/a>: Criticism may sting, but it’s part of writing. Follow these five tips and you’ll know how to roll with the punches.
\n5. The Power of Nothing<\/a>: Value your time. Do nothing to have more time for writing and the things that really <\/em>matter!
\n4. Five Lessons Learned from Street Performing<\/a>: The first time I juggled before a crowd terrified me. It also taught me a lot about myself…and writing.
\n3. Dropping Things<\/a>: My favorite post — how juggling and writing (and life) are similar…and how important tenacity is in the things we all do.
\n2. Ten Ways to Write Every Day<\/a>: There’s no excuse not to write daily. Follow these 10 rules and watch the pages stack up.
\n1. The Secret<\/a>: A very short post. Three rules for writing not just a novel, but writing anything<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Looking to January, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first week of January (January 4th – 8th)<\/em> — I plan to write a daily series. Since many people make resolutions to write more, each day I’ll provide a writing prompt to give readers a nudge in the right direction.<\/p>\n

The second week of January (January 11 – 15)<\/em> — Normal posts.<\/p>\n

The third week of January (January 21 – 25)<\/em> — I plan to write a daily series. Each day during the third week of January, I’ll share a query letter that worked for me in the hope they help somebody preparing to submit their articles or stories in 2010.<\/p>\n

The last week of January (January 28 – February 1)<\/em> — Normal posts.<\/p>\n

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If there’s anything you’d like me to write about in 2010, please let me know.<\/p>\n

Good luck to you all in the coming year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I started The Juggling Writer in September, so I only have a few months of blog posts to pull from. Here are my 10 favorite posts of 2009: 10. The Gift of Reading: One of the best gifts an adult can give a child is a love of reading. Here are 10 reasons why. 9. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[23,3,59],"tags":[17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}