J.W. Donley

Category: Random

  • How I Live Better With My Bullet Journal

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    I’ve now been using my Bullet Journal for almost a year. But why do I bullet journal? Productivity It is how I get things done. It helps to keep me on track and keeps my day to day tasks in front of me and in mind. If not for this system I would never be…

  • By Golly, The PNW is Awesome! And Here’s Why – Part 1: Weather

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    I’m a bit of an odd duck. My family is from central Michigan, I was born in Massachusetts, then raised a bit back in small town Michigan. But my hometown is Chickasha, OK, where I truly grew up from 2nd grade on. Since graduating from college my wife and I have moved out to Seattle…

  • Onward! Goals for 2019

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    First of all, Happy New Year to all of you out there on the wild internets. 2018 has ended and 2019 is only beginning. And so, without further distraction, I want to share a succinct list of my goals for the new year. Improve my writing. I will actively continue seeking out and practicing ways…

  • The Update – October 2018

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     It has been yet another month. Time is slipping by faster and faster as I get older. It seems like, as the months pass, minutes and hours are robbed from my life leaving me with only the scraps to try and fill with the multitude of tasks I want to accomplish. This past month has…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • January Stuff From the Internet!

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    It’s time for this month’s collections of cool stuff I’ve come across on the internet. Modern History of Horror and Weird Fiction First up this month is an essay on the history of modern horror and weird fiction written by my very favorite author: Laird Barron. Laird has been a driving influence in the genre…