I am the sole provider of income in our household. I pay the bills as a technical writer. Last Friday, I left the job I had for six years, nine months, and twenty-three days. It’s the longest job I’ve ever had. I start a new job this Wednesday. Changes I think about what I’m giving […]
Archives for April 2019
The Best Things About Bookstores
Max Joseph makes movies. Sometimes they are short things built around an idea that sticks in his head — and other times he digs into something deeper. His latest movie/mini-documentary is about bookstores and what it means to slow down to read in a hurried world. (Video at the end of this entry.) My First […]
We All Trade for Something
A friend who has been very busy with some bigger things life has thrown their way in recent years is finally taking a deep breath and sitting down to write. They recently asked me a couple questions and gave me a compliment that made me smile: I want to be more like you when I […]
The Benefits of Not Writing
There is a point between bigger projects when I decide to not actively write. It is a time to gather pieces of the next bigger story; it is a time to let new ideas bubble up. The Rush When I chat with people about their day jobs — whether they work outside, in warehouses, or […]
Gathering the Pieces
Before I became a technical writer, I was a billing analyst. The best thing about the job was having constant access to adding machines with long rolls of paper. (Although my wife would disagree…more on that in a moment…) If I had a thought about a story at work, I wrote it on adding machine […]