by Jamie Chavez | Feb 5, 2015 | Books You Might Like
I’ve been publishing a recap, every January (or February!), of every book mentioned in posts during the past year. It’s just a list of of books I talked about last year, here on the blog, and I present them as a cross-reference … in case you were thinking of reading...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 14, 2014 | Miscellany
Mine has been an actively recycling household for at least twenty years, and I don’t just mean turning in soda bottles for cash. (I know that reference dates me; it can’t be helped.) I’ve understood the concept a lot longer than that, of course. I listened to stories...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 28, 2014 | The Writing Craft
These days it seems like a lot of folks live in public—between Facebook and Twitter and Instagram (and there are many others), blogging and other personal websites, texting and emailing, there is a massive amount of information “out there.” But I’m not sure if our...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 5, 2014 | The Writing Craft
A friend of mine has been working on a historical novel for months and months. I’ve watched her do this before (different novel), and I know she’s accomplished but—at last—she’s written a post to tell us all how to do it. “Researching and writing [a complex]...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 8, 2014 | Creativity, The Arts & Media
Many of us are still all caught up in winter’s last gasp, so perhaps a little inspiration is what we all need to keep going. A few months ago I stumbled on a post from the Zen Pencils website—a weekly cartoon strip featuring inspirational quotes. “Buy the ticket,”...
