J.W. Donley

Author: J.W.

  • August 2019 Patron Story Preview – Sort of

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    Okay, so here’s the deal. I don’t have a preview ready yet. I have a draft but it is not yet ready to share.But don’t despair! It will be worth the wait. Trust me.Here’s the gist of the story. A recent college graduate is struggling to pay rent on her portrait studio. She needs to…

  • The Update – July 2019

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    It is time for The Update for July 2019!July is a big month for me. Not only do I turn 36 this month, but as of July 31st I will have been married to my smart and beautiful wife for 15 years! That is a very large percentage of the time I’ve been alive and…

  • Happy Independence Day!

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    It’s July 4th. And here in the USA that means it is Independence Day.I hope you all have the chance to spend some time with family and enjoy some fireworks.At least, that is my plan for the day.

  • Joe’s Writing Tips: A Correction

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    So, in my last writing tips post I stated that editing is better than writing. Now that that post is live on the internet forever, I have slightly changed my opinion. I’ve refined it.Here is a more accurate statement: Revising is better than writing the first draft. I said editing before, but what I really…

  • The Update – June 2019

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    Lately I seem to have been more busy than usual. Between work, writing projects, and life in general I didn’t have the time to put together a blog post for last week. I don’t really have the time for this week either, so I figured I would put together a little update on my creative…

  • Editing is Better Than Writing, Fight Me!

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    Yeah! I said it. Editing is better than writing. Deal with it!Seriously though, writing a first draft is like pulling teeth. Coaxing words from the lump of gray matter up there is torture. I’m sure most writers love the serendipitous fuzzy feeling they get from the act of creation, and I’ve gotten it occasionally as…

  • Joe Reviews: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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    Shirley Jackson is a legend. Just like every other teenager in high school English, and well before I ever had serious aspirations for writing, I’d read her short story, The Lottery. At the time I didn’t thing much of it. It was just another thing I had to read for class, and I made it…

  • By Golly, The PNW is Awesome! And Here’s Why – Part 2: The Olympic Peninsula

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    I think it is time for another post on why it is so awesome to live in the Pacific Northwest. In my other post I filled you all in on the stupendous weather of the region. This time I want to talk about a personal obsession: The Olympic Peninsula.I’ve talked about the Olympic Peninsula a…

  • Joe Reviews: Hellboy – An Assortment of Horrors

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    I want to start this review by saying that I love reading Hellboy. I’m not a huge fan of super hero comics, but Hellboy gets a pass. I’ve been reading Hellboy on and off for about a decade and I’ve read most of the other spin off series as well.But enough about the comics. Let’s…

  • Top Five Reasons to Join a Writing Group

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    Thinking about joining a righting group? Well, you should and here are the top five reasons why. 1. Get Social Writing is a solitary activity and most of us writers are fairly introverted. I don’t know about you, but a night in with a movie and a bag of cheddar popcorn so much more appealing…