J.W. Donley

Author: J.W.

  • The Update – September 2018

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    Summer is coming to a close and the trees are already beginning to change color out here in the woodsy wilds of Northwest Washington State. Since my last update a few things have happened. The big news is (drum roll please) I made it into the Village Books Writer’s Corner anthology. It will come out…

  • The Update – August 2018

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    Last month’s update feels like it was a lifetime ago. July was such a ridiculously busy month. Here are a few things that went down: I turned 35 Weekend trip to the coast for our 14th anniversary Failed at finishing Camp Nanowrimo Did the next round of edits for the Village Books Anthology Slipped into…

  • The Update – July 2018

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    It has been another month and much has happened since last time I posted. Chuckanut Writer’s Conference The biggest thing being the Chuckanut Writer’s Conference. This was the first writer’s conference I’d ever attended. I made a handful of new writer friends and met a few published authors. I attended quite a few wonderful talks,…

  • June 2018 Update – Doing all of the things!

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    Hello all of you folks who find me from across the interwebs! How are things going for you? They are moving along nicely for myself. I’m still chipping away at a few different writing projects. I’m just about done with the first draft of a story for one anthology, and I’m working on a revision…

  • May 2018 Update

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    Time is a precious thing. There are only so many hours in a day, so many days in a week, and so on. It is hard to find time for everything I strive to do. Over the last couple months I’ve pared down greatly on blog posts and I even turned off my Patreon account.…

  • The Update – April 2018

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    Another month, another update. It’s been awhile since my last post, I’ve not had as much time to create content for my site. Between work and trying to find time for writing projects I’ve had to neglect the blog. I]ve even shut down my Patreon for the month. But I have not been idle.

  • {Book Review} Swift to Chase by Laird Barron

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    Before we get into this review I need to let you in on a little secret. Are you ready? Here it is. I may be a bit biased when it comes to works by Laird Barron. There is a bit of history behind this bias. I first came across Laird Barron about a decade ago.…

  • Monthly Update – March 2018

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    Well, another month has passed and things are crazy as usual. Somehow I always seem to be more and more busy between my different interests. I find myself having to give up other hobbies to focus on my career and only one or two other items. Photography Winding Down You've probably already noticed that I've…

  • {Review} – The Fisherman by John Langan

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    Synopsis In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a…

  • February Crazy Awesome Stuff from the Internet!

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    It's that time again. What time? Time for crazy awesome stuff from around the internet! This is the post where I share with you three ultra interesting things I've come across online in the past month The Links! First up I give you a reminder of why the internet and technology is ultra scary. Meltdown…