Author: Jeff Garvin
Author of SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN and THE LIGHTNESS OF HANDS. Cohost of THE HERO'S JOURNEY podcast. Rock musician, D&D geek, aspiring revolutionary.
As a kid, my year revolved around Summer. I longed for June to come and dreaded the approach of September. As an adult, the months tend to bleed together because we don’t get that big summer break. (Unless you’re a teacher. And then you need that break.) I suppose the effect is magnified for me since...
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I RARELY INDULGE in travelogue-style posts, but I’m compelled to share with you my crazy July in New York. I originally planned to stay for only eight days, but a new project came up which kept me in Manhattan for three weeks. It was part vacation, part public relations, part writing retreat.
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My friend Curtis once said, “I’m not rich, but I have rich tastes.” That’s how I feel about good visual design. I can’t do it—but I know it when I see it. [Samuel L. Jackson voice]: Example. I designed the CD cover for my band’s first full-length album, Through The Windshield (below...
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MOST OF THE CONTENT I SHARE on this blog relates to writing and the creative process. But today, when I stumbled upon this month’s #SixteensBlogAbout* topic, I discovered that I have drastically underemphasized one of the most important parts of my writing life: READING. This month’s topic is “Summer...
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I SAT DOWN TO WORK this morning and found myself unable to concentrate. I’ve been so surprised by some of the negative reactions to Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover that I was compelled to write this.
It seems a lot of us are confused about what’s going on in the media with regard to transgender...
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MAY’S VIDEO BLOG FEATURES a preview of my forthcoming debut novel, Symptoms of Being Human, plus a peek at my Pre-Writing Ritual and a visit by my cat, Dottie.
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