J.W. Donley

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  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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 Writing Update

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    It is time for my monthly writing update. January was a month of regaining momentum. After writing the first draft of a novel in November, I spent much of December mostly avoiding writing. With the new year I’ve been slowly easing back into my writing projects. Writing Group Earlier this month the writing critique group…

  • January Writer Update

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    Happy New Year! New Groups Since last time I’ve joined a little writer group. Once or twice a week we get together and just write. It’s a wonderful group of fun writer folks, most of whom I met going to write-ins during NaNoWriMo.I’m thinking about trying out another local writer workshop group as well. I…

  • The Writing Update – December 2017

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    December has arrived, and I can come up for air. NaNoWriMo Victory! I just finished spending the month of November slinging out 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I’d attempted this twice already in the past, and failed both times. This time, I pushed through and crossed the 50k mark on the last…

  • Joe’s Writing Update – November

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    It’s November! And that means it is time for NaNoWriMo! NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Every year, on this month, writers from across the globe all make an attempt at writing their own 50,000 word novel. It’s insane.I’m going to be a bit of a rebel though. Instead of writing a novel,…

  • October Writing Update

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    Happy Halloween! You may not think it is Halloween, and you are mistaken. This is the month of Halloween. This whole month is for spooky, creepy, and scary things. This is the time of year when everyone watches their favorite horror movies through parted fingers. I love it. Writing Update But this isn’t a post…

  • Hard Lessons

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    Well, I just learned a very hard lesson. All of this time I’ve never bothered to make a backup of my site before installing updates. And, finally, it happened. Something broke during an update. Luckily, I have my site set up to backup automatically once month. So, I didn’t lose everything. But I did lose…