Sawyer Paul's Blog, page 236

Don Draper says what.

Don Draper says what.

Writing a book is hard

Writing a book is hard:

Part 1 of a video series detailing the rough draft of Writing in the Age of Digital Ink.

Taking a break from the pulse

I don't update this site very often, but I'm very alive and present elsewhere, but from here until probably after Christmas, I won't be. That's not to say I'm embracing the luddite philosophy–I wouldn't be me if I did that. It's just that I have some very important work to do in the next three months, and the constancy of living on the internet has a tendency to hamper true productivity. You'll see me, and products by me, but you likely won't be seeing many tweets or useless blog posts.

Here's a basic outline of what I'll be working on:

Finishing off the wrestling book, International Object.
Writing a new novel before Christmas.
Finishing a series of articles and videos for writing in the age of electronic ink. These will be available here and on Gredunza Press.

You'll see evidence of these things over the next little while, but probably little else. These things are more important to me than letting you guys know what I had for breakfast, though I do love doing that on occasion.

Nanowrimo novel 2010

"we're flawed because we want so much more… we're ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had." - Mad Men

"How do you know when you've had enough? Enough to start, finish, or simply maintain?" - Merlin Mann

I've been thinking really hard lately about over-consumption. Not about food or waste, though those things certainly play a part, but about the time we have in our lives and how we let it go with such crap. And I don't even mean our hobbies, things we care about. More and more our lives our filled to the brim and boil over with interruptions and fake-important items that we can't get our work and play and love properly done. So I'm going to write a book about polygamy, and I'm going to try to make it funny but probably it'll be sad, and I'm going to do it over Nanowrimo.

Death Among Friends

Death Among Friends:

A project I helped out with for my friend Natalia. It was my first gig as a camera man and a killer.

No Chinook available on Amazon

It may have taken a lot longer than I thought, but No Chinook is now available as a paperback physical specimen of a book on the Amazons dot coms.

Two points of interest: My book is also available on Amazon via them Kindle things, but the two pages are not connected, even though I uploaded them using the same account and there is only one ticket for the both of them.

I have no idea why it says Volume 1. I never put that on the form, and there is no Volume 2 in the plans. For those of you who have read it know it's a pretty self-contained narrative.

Still, Amazon, right? That's the promised land! Or something.

The Footnotes of Wrestling

The Footnotes of Wrestling:

The new home of my thoughts and essays on pro wrestling. In a few weeks, it'll be the home of my book on the subject. 

No Chinook available on Kobo Books

No Chinook available on Kobo Books:

$4.09 nabs you a copy for your Kobo Library, to read on just about any device with a screen. Basically, the only electronic device you can't get my book on is the iPod shuffle. Maybe I should change that with an audio book?

A Better Life Online: This One Thing

A Better Life Online: This One Thing:

For most of my life, I thought I was a writer. What I didn't realize was that I was a salesman. This is the kind of life-changing realization that can really only happen to salesmen. Or writers, maybe.

This is the beginning of a new venture for me. Follow it on Tumblr and soon enough everywhere else.

An old review for No Chinook

It's from 2008, just after the book was published:

No Chinook by K. Sawyer Paul is a touching and beautifully written novel. I loved the main character of this story because I identified with him. I really enjoyed following Scott on his journey of self-discovery. This novel is filled with interesting and well-developed secondary characters as well. The author's witty use of dialogue and powerful descriptions drew me in from the beginning. The plot is captivating and has plenty of...