The Year of My Socks, Two-Thousand and Eighteen
The last time I wrote an honest-to-goodness post here, I seem to recall saying something, maybe, about a book I had written, kinda sorta being published, or whatever? I think it had something to do with this... You know what? Forget that nonsense. I was going to try to pretend to be all calm and … Continue reading JR Andrews’ Big Day
Ten long years ago this Sunday, in just the third post of my year-long 2010 personal writing challenge, I sat down at my not-fancy Target-sourced desk and hammered out A Man Alone. I still specifically remember writing that post, believe it or not, on one of those cold, blustery February nights that seemed more common … Continue reading A Story 10 Years In The Making
You might think that’s somehow a weird Election Day image, and I can come up with like a dozen different ways to make that work myself. However, this pic is actually about writing, and it goes along with my Twitter posts from Sunday... https://twitter.com/jasonarust/status/1191185343803985920?s=21 And then, of course, yesterday... https://twitter.com/jasonarust/status/1191574396512722944?s=21 Which is to say, I’m … Continue reading Remember, remember the 5th of November
At the end of yesterday's post, I teased that today's goal would be one that was nearly a decade in the making. To be specific, it's actually been 9 years, 6 months, and 13 days, which is honestly a damned long time. I mean, I've got a kid that's only (roughly) three quarters of a … Continue reading Day Two
Here's the only unfortunate part of NaNoWriMo. For the month of November I'll be focused in adding 1700 words to Project Amulet on a daily basis. That doesn't leave me a lot of time to figure out what to say about my socks. Today I wore Punisher socks. See, coz I'm gonna punish* anyone who … Continue reading Punishing for NaNoWriMo
With the fun of Halloween behind us, the first of November arrived today, and with it the ominous spectre of NaNoWriMo. If you've been reading this blog for a few years, you might remember that this is code for "National Novel Writing Month". It's an adventure that thousands of brain-fevered writers embark on every November … Continue reading The Perfect Socks For The Start Of An Imperfect Manuscript
I’m sort of embarrassed to admit that for as much Netflix and/or Hulu as I watch, I end up restarting episodes entirely too often. Like, almost “on every day of the week that ends in –y”, too often. But that’s what happens when you fall asleep in front of the TV all the time. Well, … Continue reading Replay From the Beginning
I wrote a post today on Middle Grade Minded about writing for middle graders, and, more specifically, why I do it. If you’re curious, go check it out. As part of that discussion, I made reference to the time I broke my arm in the fourth grade, just as school got out for the summer. … Continue reading The Story of How I Broke My Arm In 4th Grade
So, how’s that whole “write more/complain less” thing working out for me? Well, I will readily admit I haven’t been able to write something new Every. Single. Day. I’m eyeballs deep in a brand new work project that has me writing software like a maniac. Or a fiend, even. Possibly even a maniac fiend! But … Continue reading Full Disclosure
I decided late last night – probably at some point well past when I should have been making decisions of any kind beyond that it was time to go to bed – that I haven’t been writing enough lately. Not just blog posts, but putting down words of any kind. So I said to myself, … Continue reading Easier Than Three Sets of Lunges Everyday
