I’ve been thinking about this article by Kevin Kelly (who’s been mentioned before on this blog) ever since I read it on Thursday. I think everyone interesting in a career as a creative in the 21st century should read it: 1,000 True Fans It’s particularly interesting to me this year because of my focus on [...]
March 8, 2008
Categories: Comics Forward, My Leap Year . Tags: Kevin Kelly, True Fans . Author: JC Monroe . Comments: Leave a Comment
This my first flash fiction since November. It’s good to be back. This is also the first of these originally written out longhand. Enjoy! FROM WHITE TO NOTHING The first time he saw her was only for a second. He was just a kid, deep in a magnolia tree, trying to find a branch high [...]
March 7, 2008
Categories: Flash Fiction Fridays, My Leap Year . Tags: flash fiction . Author: JC Monroe . Comments: 2 Comments
[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.] I realized today that with My Leap Year being an actual leap year that my tag above is wrong…I’ll actually have 366 days. I wonder if the [...]
March 6, 2008
Categories: My Leap Year . Tags: 100% factor, pitching, time management . Author: JC Monroe . Comments: 3 Comments
A brief return to my ongoing thoughts about workspace: As I mentioned in my last post, yesterday was a 100% writing day. I started with that blog entry when I woke up at about 9 AM and finished writing around 7 PM when Erin and I had to leave the house. While I was not [...]
March 4, 2008
Categories: My Leap Year . Tags: 100% factor, butt in chair, change, Daniel fast, Indy Comic News, Meltdown, time management, workspace . Author: JC Monroe . Comments: 4 Comments
[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.] Well Friday was Leap Day. I finished up three pitches that day. Sorry that I haven’t been blogging very regularly the past couple weeks, but I have [...]
March 3, 2008
Categories: My Leap Year . Tags: 100% factor, flash fiction, pick of the week, pitching, time management . Author: JC Monroe . Comments: 2 Comments