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Blog postGranted, I look less like a Tour de France rider and more like I’ve eaten one or two. Even so, I do enjoy cyclocross racing. Well, I say “enjoy.” It’s hellish. But I still do it.
Trouble is, the bike …
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Blog postSomeday, when the plague has ended and my comedy films and live shows bring me the success I deserve, I will mark the occasion by purchasing a Hartley bicycle. These things are absolutely gorgeous and I want one very, very …
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Blog postI’m by no means an expert in any of the related fields, but it seems to me that the Santa Claus myth trains people that belief is as good as, and often better than, fact. Maybe it’s time we have …
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Blog postI’m hosting some live writing workshops through the Scene Shop. If you’re interested in novel writing, joke writing, or sketches, we have a stream for you on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sceneshop. Come hang out. …
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Blog postIf you are uncomfortable due to the chaos, corruption, and falsehood firehose that is the Trump administration, I can offer a minuscule bright side. Now you can understand how I feel about professional cycling and Lance Armstrong.
Consider the similarities. …
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Blog postRather than attempt to approach Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s career with any sort of breadth, I want to focus on a small facet. I highly recommend a deep dive into the guy’s work, from The Roots, to the “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” …
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Blog postI was attracted to the GAP & C&O by the prospect of consecutive days of bike riding without any cars. That dream was destroyed by a Bed & Breakfast in Leesburg, VA called the Leesburg Colonial Inn. But I’ll get …
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Blog postGad Elmaleh’s “Huge in France” is like selecting a book at random off a library shelf and immediately diving into a novel so good it’s as though it was written specifically for you. I have seen people on the internet …
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Blog postFace it. The answer is probably no. No, your dog is not big enough to push you to the top of the Asheville, NC foodie scene.
You might be able to earn a few extra status points if your dog …
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Blog postI’m reminded, watching the Mötley Crüe movie on Netflix, how awkward band fights can be. There are a lot of things to consider about choosing your moment, but none more real than the knowledge that somehow you are going to …
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Blog postThis is a guide for anyone who wants to make money selling fiction work but does not already have an audience. If you’re already famous, save yourself a couple of long years of work and just hire someone who already …
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Blog postWhen Bad Gladiator, the audio drama my comedy group produced, came out in January, we were lucky enough to be written about by The Bello Collective in a roundup of new audio dramas out that January.
That article …
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Blog postI put a course together on Udemy to help folks learn how to write funny which you can take for free. Whether you’re already funny or you’re just beginning your practice, I think you will find some interesting stuff in …
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Blog postThanks to everyone who came along on the Ozel the Wizard journey this year. This has been my best-performing series by far.
Since Wizard’s Resolve has been out a while now I released a bundled version of all three books. …
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Blog postWhat would it be like to aspire to be a gladiator as Rome is coming to an end? …and also to find out that you kind of suck at being a gladiator? We find out with the story of hopeful …
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Blog postThanks to some creative pestering in my part, Village Theatre agreed to help me stage a play I wrote called The Vulgar History of Atlanta.
I was thrilled and flattered to have a number of extremely talented actors audition …
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Blog postI read the reviews of the Ramada Plaza & Conference Center by Wyndham Louisville before I went there, so I knew I was in for … something. “Nasty place STAY AWAY,” one review read. On the other hand, one of …
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Blog postI like Malcom Gladwell’s work because I want to feel smart without doing the work of research or analysis. Remember when he dropped that 10,000 hours knowledge bomb? People devoted their lives to that pup like it was god’s own …
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Blog postDavid Joel Stevenson is a singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He lives outside of Nashville, TN with his wife, several chickens, and thousands of honey bees. He’s working on a great series about a superhero called Victor Boone. “…
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Blog postLydia Sherrer is an award-winning USA Today bestseller and author of the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus series. Find all of Lydia’s work on her website here: http://lydiasherrer.com/
I met Lydia on a panel at Hypericon in Nashville, which got …
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Blog postMy guest this episode is D. Alan Lewis, possibly the bravest man alive. He leapt into an open seat on this podcast with no explanation or warning or anything. That’s a leap of faith similar to the one when Indiana …
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Blog postMy guests on this episode are Julia Jones and Jessica Bilgrad otherwise known by their two-woman powerhouse improv duo Bilgrones. Find them on Instagram here: http://instagram.com/bilgrones
I invited them to be on this writing podcast first of all because they’re …
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Blog postOn this episode I want to take a minute to celebrate friend of the podcast Jonathan French and his “The Grey Bastards” book launch with Crown. I recorded our conversation at Eagle Eye Books at his launch event so you’ll …
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Blog postI met Gil as a fellow panelist at ConNooga, a scifi con in Chattanooga. He’s a super interesting dude, as you will see when we get into the tale of the Algae of Death!
Gil is working on epic fantasy …
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Blog postIf you know me from my mountain climbing books, you know that I try to inject a little humor into mountain climbing, which is a sport whose practitioners often take themselves too seriously. Let me be clear: you should not …
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Blog postThe podcast is back! I get into it a little bit. But yes, we will be back with more Outliners episodes. I hope you’re enjoying them.
Our guest this time is Dan Jolley, an American novelist and comic book writer. …
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Blog postI met Geoff Graham a couple of years back when I was still doing web sites for a living. Working with him was one of those rare professional experiences where things get done, but everyone is still in a good …
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Blog postThis year I have challenged myself to write one million words of fiction. I’m sure I’ll be glad I did it once it is done, but for now it’s a real pain in my hind parts.
I feel like someone …
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Blog postI have found no evidence that I made out with “Sarah,” if that’s even a person’s name. Perhaps there was some bad judgment, like when I accidentally took off my shirt. But bad judgment, as we all know, does not …
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Blog postI’ve been to MidSouthCon two times previously, but this was my first trip purely as a vendor. I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of book sales, given that I wasn’t paneling at all, but it was Kool and …
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Blog postWe spent the weekend knocking around Chattanooga for Connooga 2018, which was a lot of fun. My wife Meghann’s desire to cosplay is growing with every one of these cons we attend. The only thing that’s holding her back …
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Blog postOne wisdom oft heard in the indie publishing industry is that we should write fast, write to market, and write in a series. The theory goes that more books in a series make it more attractive to the reader. I …
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Blog postI met Jeremy when we were both panelists at a science fiction conference. I believe it might have been JordanCon. We ended up being buddies.
Jeremy recently had the honor of being the Artist Guest at HallowCon, which was also …
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Blog postThis is a new style of The Outliners I’m calling Spoiler Alert. There are spoilers in it. Watch out.
I thought it might be helpful to take some popular works and break them down into their composite parts. We spend …
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Blog postI was introduced to Aaron Cross by our mutual friend Jonathan French. After taking one look at the titles of his books I knew he’d be a great podcast guest.
I’m talking about titles like “Robocopter Ski Patrol” and “Ruben’s …
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Blog postI sent an email to my mailing list last night announcing that Ten Thousand Gods was free on Kindle this week when it was actually just 99 cents. Well, shit.
I got a flurry of emails over the next few …
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Blog postRick and Morty is an animated science fiction show on Adult Swim. It has a lot of craft to it, and enjoys a rabid fanbase as a result. It doesn’t grab me the way it seems to grab so many …
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Blog postThis is a sketch I wrote for the Atlanta performing troupe Sketchworks. It was performed a few years ago to great acclaim. It being Columbus Day today, I thought we all might enjoy it once again.
Columbus has syphilis…
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Blog postA video made the rounds last week of Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon, dressed as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, singing “Islands in the Stream.” It’s two people going to great costuming- and set-design lengths to have some silly fun, …
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Blog postI thought it might be fun to gather some of my local Atlanta author friends and have a relaxed hangout, and I’m pleased to say I was right about that.
I grabbed my pals Jonathan French, Catie Hogan, …
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Blog postBobby Nash is an award-winning writer from the wilds of Georgia and I can tell you, having been around him in person, he’s every bit as much fun in person as he is on this episode.
I had some technical …
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Blog postYou may use these in your work, if you like. All I ask is a walk-on role in the eventual movie adaptation.
Jack Hardcliffe Torn Abripple Cord McShoulders Mason Huntington Sean O’Commitment Janice Faintsaway Fen Waypark Esmerelda Richnpouty Burt Larch… -
Blog postI started wishing there was a small, laid-back literary event that I could go to with a bunch of my local writer pals. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything like that to be had so I had to make it myself. I …
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Blog postGarrett puts me in the hot seat when he’s editing my work, so it’s only fair I should get to force him to come up with a novel idea on the spot, right? Right!
Today is that day, my friends! …
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Blog postWordPress is like a robot companion who fights alongside you, facilitates your livelihood, but also might explode into a cloud of fart gas and flying turds at any moment. You might be wondering: “How the hell did that robot get …
Titles By Jim Hodgson
Journeyman's Trial (Ozel the Wizard Book 2)
Sep 3, 2018
by
Jim Hodgson
$4.99
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Wizard's Resolve (Ozel the Wizard Book 3)
Dec 25, 2018
by
Jim Hodgson
$4.99
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