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Time Travel and Second Chances

September 6, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

Age gracefully by writing fiction.

So the other day, my six-year-old got this evil/snarky grin on his face and asked to borrow my phone while I was kneeling on the ground playing with the baby. I probably should have known better, but I still handed it over. He switched on the camera and took a picture of something above me, […]

Five Links Friday 9/1/17

September 1, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week.

Hey, it’s long weekend for…to be honest, I don’t even know. But let’s celebrate anyway! Here are five links for ya. 1. Let’s start with a post by Rachelle M. N. Shaw at 10 Minute Novelists on How to Use Showing vs. Telling Effectively. 2. Adam Hughes at The Moonlighting Writer has a post with […]

Finding motivation when your heart’s not in it.

August 28, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

There are times when it's difficult to remain focused and stay motivated. But that is when it's most important to keep pushing it.

I have to admit that it’s sometimes hard to stay motivated. There are months where I feel like I’ve kept up on all of my writing goals, achieved a handful of minor successes, and even improved as a writer. But then there are also months where I feel like I’m a “writer” in the same […]

If you’re thinking about quitting…

August 21, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

A user on one of the online writing groups I frequent posed an interesting question. She asked “When you do quit?” The question came after she did a signing where no one came, and she was just feeling like this writing game was no longer worth it. I responded a little more personally on the […]

Exercise (and how it changed my life)

August 16, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

I probably wouldn't be writing (or doing much of anything) if I hadn't discoved exercise nearly twenty years ago.

I thought I’d take a break from blogging about the usual stuff and instead post about something else that’s really important to me: exercise. It’s kind of funny because one thing everyone always told me was that once you have kids, it becomes very difficult to maintain a regular exercise routine. To which I replied: […]

Prioritize stuff and keep your head above the water

August 14, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

Here's a quick update on my crazy life and which writing priorities are the highest.

Oh my. Sometimes that about all you can say. It’s the time of year where my wife (a teacher in her day job) goes back to work and things start picking up at the day job as the college kids start coming back to the university (where I work at my day job.) Our oldest […]

Five Links Friday 8/11/17

August 11, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week.

Well, we were out of town Wednesday and everybody in the house, including myself, came down with a yucky cold and sore throat, so…yuck. But at least we’re alive, and everything is back in business. So here we are with another Five Links Friday. Enjoy! 1. Here’s a great resource for small press and self-published […]

Is my attention span the problem?

August 2, 2017 By: Jason Bougger

I'm stuck in the writing rut of bouncing from one project to the next without every finishing anything. Here's what I plan to do about it.

I don’t know what the deal is. I write (or maybe it’s better said “work on writing stuff”) every day, but I just can’t seem to get out of a slump. I constantly feel like I’m not seeing enough progress, and no matter what I’m working on, it seems like I want to be working […]

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