Being an editor for a blog can be a thankless and frustrating job. Aside from the usual electronic banter, you end up reading submissions from writers that think just because they interact with you on Twitter or Facebook, or because it’s a “blog” and not a “magazine,” they can skate with poor form. I’m here [...] Read more>>
Why I’ll Write Less in 2013
Hey TRSJ fam. Following up on my post about having too many children (read that before this one), I’ve decided I will write less in 2013. Let me tell you a few reasons why: I Don’t Wanna Be a Writer Only in the Long Run You know, I’ve been blogging, writing or whatever you wanna [...] Read more>>
2008: When Blogging Was Just Blogging
I’ve picked up a nasty habit. One that I didn’t catch until recently when I was working on a new post. It made me realize how much things have changed since I first started blogging in 2008. As I was editing this post, I deleted a couple list items. Not because they were poorly written, [...] Read more>>
Breakthrough: When a Small Change Produces Big Results (Pause)
Have you ever had a eureka moment? You know, one where you’ve been agonizing over something for a long time but could never come up with the answer? Then one day you figure it out and say something like “Holy sh*t! That’s really all I had to do?!” I had one of those moments this [...] Read more>>
A Few More Lessons Learned From Writing
Last week I shared 5 lessons learned from writing. Well actually, it was 4 and the realization that the post needed to be broken up into 2 parts. In the interest of word count, I’m gonna skip the long and drawn out wit-filled intro. Shall I continue with the list? I most certainly shall. Watch [...] Read more>>
5 Lessons Learned From Writing
So in the absence of writing, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and introspecting. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I can go pretty deep sometimes…and I do mean that in the cleanest way possible. One of my focus points over the last few weeks has been my writing. [...] Read more>>
30 Posts in 30 Days: The 30th Post!
30 posts in 30 days has been challenging, enlightening, fun, cathartic, bawse, grueling, delightful, and a bunch of other sh*t. I’m glad that I did it, and I’m proud of myself for staying true to a goal that I very easily could’ve scrapped without repercussion. Counting my other writings, it’s actually been about 35 posts [...] Read more>>
