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Four things I do when I have writer's block
I'm stuck right now. Completely blocked. Stuck like train on 22nd Street in the middle of rush hour. (Saskatoon reference!) Stuck like a...
JJ
Jun 10, 20242 min read
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Hey, JJ, what music do you listen to?
A friend of mine recently asked me this question and I had to admit I kind of low key hate the question. It's not their fault. It's a...
JJ
Jun 6, 20243 min read
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Three things that help me write, aka Finding what works
Ernest Hemingway said, “There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” Oh, is that all? At least...
JJ
Mar 26, 20243 min read
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Three books I love: all-time (fiction)
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostovo A vampire tale without being too vampire-y, if you get me. I'm not a fan of the whole vampire genre...
JJ
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Three books I love: Memoirs you should read
Memoirs are some of my favourite books. They don't always have to be of a famous person either. Sometimes a person has a unique story to...
JJ
Mar 19, 20243 min read
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Three songs I love: When I need to smile
As I type this, it's blizzarding outside. Like straight up shelling out ugly blasts of snow, cold, and wind. Drifts are accumulating at...
JJ
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Three books I love: On writing
So what does the Bloginator WriteWell 2000 have for you today? A tasty little treat about some books that I've loved about the art of...
JJ
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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The Bloginator WriteWell 2000 whirs to life
Hey beautiful friends! As you can see, I've dusted off and fired up the ole Bloginator WriteWell 2000 and it's ready to deliver some...
JJ
Feb 16, 20241 min read
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Step one. Check.
In the fall of 2020 as the pandemic raged, a friend of mine asked me to edit a fundraising letter for a non-profit. Bored and a little...
JJ
Jan 2, 20224 min read
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In lieu of a Christmas letter...
See, this little Christmas tree? It’s the Christmas tree we put up on our main level. It’s got pinecones. I bought some holly berries one...
JJ
Dec 22, 20214 min read
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Years in the making: a website you didn't know you were waiting for!
It's about freaking time I had a presence on the web. If you found your way here, take your boots off and stay awhile. They say if you...
JJ
Sep 19, 20211 min read
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