Blog – Page 27 – JEFF GARVIN

News: Jeff Returns to the Screen

August 14, 2013
Film, News

Yesterday, I took a break from novel-writing to return to an old love: acting. I ended my 7-year hiatus on the set of In The Mind’s Eye, a British psychological thriller starring Craig Rees, in which I play a well-intentioned South London street punk who attempts to aid the damsel in distress, only...

Already Home (Demo)

August 13, 2013
Music

Sometimes when I set my iPhone to shuffle, old songwriting demos come up. Usually I skip them–but when this one came up during my morning drive, I was compelled to listen. Musicians often relate touring to going to war: the squalid living conditions, the long absence from loved ones, the constant...

Lotte Kestner: Live In Some Dude’s Living Room

August 6, 2013
Music

Sad music heals. Teenagers’ bodies grow impossibly fast and, as a result, they are constantly vacillating between states of damage and repair, not unlike muscles after a workout. Imagine what’s happening to their souls. My body may have stopped growing, but my soul is still that tormented teenager,...

Lissa Price Starters Jeff Garvin The Last Guitar Author YA Books

Meeting Lissa Price

July 26, 2013
News, Personal, Writing

So far, my favorite part of being a new author is the inspiring, creative community I’ve joined. Case in point: the gracious and talented Lissa Price. I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Price at Thrillerfest in New York this past July. She was such a blast to hang out with that I picked up her book, Starters,...

How To Break Through Writer’s Block

July 22, 2013
Writing

Why Me? What qualifies me, a not-yet-published novelist and (frequently negligent) blogger, to give you advice on how to break through writer’s block? I’m no newbie to creativity. I earned a BFA in Film Production and won the Chapman University Visual Storytelling Award. I’ve written over a hundred...

Three Steps to Reclaiming Your Year

June 24, 2013
Writing

At the beginning of this year (which feels like about three weeks ago), I shared 6 Steps to Creative Fulfillment. Blink. It’s fleeping JUNE. When did that happen?! The year is almost half gone—but I’m here to insist it’s not too late to have your best creative year ever. To that purpose, I present...