Category Archives: Writing

Suddenly I see

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Jeff

I had just walked out into the sun­light after watch­ing “Iron Man 2”, which I thor­oughly enjoyed. I was still think­ing about the film, about heroes, about inspi­ra­tion, when I got into my car and turned on the radio. And I heard KT Tun­stall sing, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Your regular Monday post was eaten by the Smoke Monster

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Jeff

No? Not buy­ing it? Meh. Works on Lost. I got pre­cious lit­tle writ­ing done last week or over the week­end because, frankly, I was too depressed to care. It hap­pens once in a while, and this time I wasn’t able to push through … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Uncharted territory

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Jeff

The prob­lem with doing some­thing that no one else has done before is that no one else has done it before, so you have no basis for com­par­i­son to tell if you’re doing it right. As I said before, I’m tak­ing a break … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Thrown

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Jeff

I lost my job last week. Or, to quote Bob­cat Goldth­wait, “well, I didn’t actu­ally lose my job, I mean I know where my job is still. It’s just when I go there, there’s this new guy doing it.” I won’t go into the details, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The value of every word

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jeff

I tried so hard And got so far But in the end It doesn’t even mat­ter I had to fall To lose it all But in the end It doesn’t even mat­ter —Linkin Park The 2000s were a hor­ri­ble decade for me, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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New tools

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jeff

“Don’t blame the car­pen­ter. Blame the tool.” –Howie Long in a new Chevy com­mer­cial Am I the only one who thinks he’s call­ing that guy a tool? Any­way, I’m not going to com­plain about my tools today, so much as doc­u­ment one more … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Focusing on what’s important

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Jeff

It would seem I’m des­tined to do this writ­ing thing in bursts over time. I don’t know how much I’ll be post­ing here and on the Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles blog in the near future, nor how much fic­tion I’ll actu­ally get writ­ten. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What writers can learn from Avatar

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Jeff

I saw Avatar over the week­end, and loved it. I’m nat­u­rally inclined to like James Cameron movies. I think he’s one of the best sto­ry­tellers work­ing today. Not the most inno­v­a­tive writer, but the best sto­ry­teller. It’s an impor­tant dis­tinc­tion. A … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Having written

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Jeff

“I hate writ­ing, I love hav­ing writ­ten.” —Dorothy Parker I fin­ished writ­ing the first novel in the Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles series today. This is the first time I’ve actu­ally fin­ished a full-​length novel since the spring of 1997, when I fin­ished Between Heaven and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The plan

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Jeff

A big part of this blog, and Writ­ing On Your Palm before it, has always been to doc­u­ment my jour­ney as a writer and serve as either a cau­tion­ary exam­ple or inspi­ra­tion to oth­ers. It occurred to me recently that I have a unique … Con­tinue read­ing →

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