Sun in the sky and hands in the dirt Winter is the worst. I know some people love it and while I really don’t have anything against it, I mean, it’s never done anything to me personally, it just feels…
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Editorial and personal commentary by JD Stanley. No journalism in this category – just rants, raves, and me blathering-on. Okay, it’s mostly be blathering on, so if you’re into that, have at it.
Little Free Libraries – inspiring literacy and community connection I don’t think I’ve mentioned before, but I’m a bit obsessed with Little Free Libraries. You know the ones – those super cute wooden boxes scattered around neighbourhoods, filled with books…
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Blood Runner: from stand-alone to contemporary fantasy series Considering I never meant to seriously write Blood Runner at all, it amuses me that I grew so attached. It was supposed to be a throw-away practice piece trying out a fast-writing…
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Reading and smelling books by an unashamed serial bookworm Reading is a sensual experience to me. Yes, I smell the paperbacks and hard cover books I read. Don’t you? The smell of them comes from the breakdown of the chemical…
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Blood Runner origin – where did this thing come from? So, funny story – I never meant to write Blood Runner at all. Did I mention that before? And due to that, as I’m now working to turn it into…
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Upping my game this past year or so involved creating associations I never braved before. And most of them had some sort of “interview” component that included wanting to know about my writing process. Y’know, so people can get to…
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Be warned… semi-rant coming up… What set me off? Walking back from the grocery story with one of my demon spawn, we were accosted, twice within two minutes, by pamphlet-waving zealots as we crossed the intersection on two different sides.…
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My desk – my real home, my one true love, a love story A writer’s desk. I suppose it has to do with the “behind the scenes” aspect of what we do, but people are curious about them, aren’t they?…
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Motivation and inspiration? You mean how bad do you want it Motivation and inspiration are two of those things writers lament, cry, and gnash their teeth over. Not to say it’s not frustrating as all get-out as a writer to…
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Follow your bliss – find your “thing” to increase job satisfaction No matter what I’ve done in my grown-up work life, I’ve worked to find the parts of whatever it is that give back to me, that feed me while…
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