J.W. Donley

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  • Just an Update

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    Wow. Life is crazy right now. Isn’t it? I’ve had less and less time to create content for my blog as of late. Too many projects. Too much anxiety. Sometimes I need a break where I binge watch some series over a weekend with my family. And, unfortunately, my blog is the first thing to…

  • The Update – September

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    Wow, my blogging habit is really dropping off. But I’m okay with that. If only there were another few hours in the day.But enough on that. Let me fill you in on the latest of stuff and things!First, some exciting news. I’ve collected a few rejections on a couple stories recently. But I didn’t let…

  • The Update – August 2019

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    It is time for yet another edition of ‘The Update’! (Cue breaking news music) The Reading First let’s bring up my most recent open mic at the local indie bookstore. Most others who there read their poetry on local nature, memories, and literary fiction. My reading definitely stands out. I read my story involving cats…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 2018: A Review

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    2018 has been an eventful year for my family and I. Subsequently, now that it’s coming to a close, I wanted to reflect on some of my family, hiking, and writing adventures. Family Adventures! My wife’s, favorite place to visit is the Pacific Coast. Whenever we can, we like to take little weekend trips to…

  • The Update: November 2018

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    Happy NaNoWriMo! It has been a year since the last mad scramble to complete a full 50k word novel, and I’m giving it another go this year. I’m excited for the project I’m taking on, I’m going in with an outline in hopes of having something worth refining once crossing the finish line. This November…

  • 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 – 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…