by Jamie Chavez | Apr 14, 2014 | The Arts & Media
The power of [a word] is a curious thing Make a one man weep, make another man sing …* You’re a writer, a reader, an emailer, a talker, a texter, a singer in the shower … so you probably also understand the power of words to make someone weep or sing. I was weeping...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 31, 2014 | Books You Might Like, Miscellany
Fiction? Or nonfiction? Do you have a preference? I’ll be frank: I adore fiction, always have. And I love talking about books I’ve read. But I’ve noticed something recently: even though I read way more fiction (in 2013 my fiction/nonfiction ratio was 46/8), I talk...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 20, 2014 | The Book Biz
I laughed out loud when I read this post from literary agent Janet Grant about a guy who got an agent for his first book and was suddenly an expert on the subject. “So who appointed this guy to write about finding an agent,” she writes, “when he was pretty much...
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,”...
by Jamie Chavez | Feb 6, 2014 | Words & Language
I admit I’m sometimes out of the loop. (Or behind the curve. Or whatever.) I don’t watch television and it’s only me up here in the swanky second-floor office in the pink house with the blue door, so whole fads pass me by. Whole memes pass me by. But I am up on my...
