by Jamie Chavez | Apr 13, 2015 | Miscellany
Up until yesterday, I used Feedburner software to distribute my blog posts to email and RSS subscribers. This has been problematic: the company was acquired by Google a few years ago, and Google quit supporting the app. No updates, no tech support. The writing’s been...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 26, 2015 | The Writing Craft
In the same way that it’s hard to define what makes a great book, or what makes great writing, it is nearly impossible to get a definition of narrative voice in writing. Impossible missions, however, have never frightened Your Editor. Stand back. What you hear most...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 5, 2015 | Miscellany
You know how the winter wind swirls dead leaves around until a dozen of them end up stuck in a corner by the fence? The Internet is like that. Late last year it swirled two big stories and an advice piece together, and they got stuck in my office. 🙂 The subject of...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 29, 2015 | Creativity, The Arts & Media
Several months ago I was listening to this NPR interview with Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, married singer-songwriters who form the core of the folk band Over the Rhine, and I was caught by what Karin says about inspiration: Whenever I get to this spot where...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 13, 2014 | The Book Biz, Your Editor Says …
There are days when I think I should send you all on over to the Books & Such blog and just close up shop. Because, honestly, they’ve got great content and they’re all smarter than me. But … I kinda dig my blog. 🙂 So I’ll just keep bringing these posts to your...
