Joshilyn Jackson's Blog, page 38

Writer Humor

I have a new favorite joke, sent to me by Anne Lovett, a talented chick from my writer's group. So how many writers does it take to change a lightbulb? Ten. One to change the light bulb. Four to say...

BETTER TUESDAY: What Time Is It? (Hint: Not Hammertime)

Now that I am getting my fitness and nutrition under control, I need the AHA to come out with a system to make my disorganized BRAIN better....I am trying to organize my calendar for the next six months. I started...

Prodigallish

I have rammed headfirst into the wall of research on the new book. I need to know some weird and esoteric things that Mr. Google cannot tell me, and that are SO weird and esoteric, I am not even sure...

3 Questions with Sheila Curran (and a contest!)

Meet Sheila Curran. I'm a big fan of her writing, and I'm really pleased to have the chance to host her here as she talks about Everyone She Loved. I read it in galleys and wrote an early review, saying,...

Better Eyebrows?

This week I am at my SOUTHERN AUTHORS blog, and basically I am explaining the Better U program to a the regs over there, but I did put up BEFORE and AFTER photos---or more like BEFORE and HALFWAY pictures,...

Treat and Retreat, Drafting in a Boat

Note to the home-peeps: If you live in the Atlanta area and are a big Kevin and Taylor fan (I am), I will be on 104.7 The Fish tomorrow at 7:15, talking about Better U. WHEEE. We are on retreat,...

Better tUesday: Of All My Scumbag Exes…

…the one I still miss, lo these many years later, is Mr. Camel Special Light. He was TERRIBLE for me---all my friends said so. I LOVED him, and yet he was actively working to harm me, and I wouldn't leave...

With Aplomb (part 2)

You want to start HERE with part one. SO there is this fellow I know, an ON THE SCENE guy, well imbedded in the Atlanta arts community. He's a writer, and quite a talented one. I have worked with him...

With Aplomb (part one)

I am a creature of rare social grace---the GAZELLE of the dinner party. If you have ever seen video of a springbok or Thompson's gazelle sprinting and curving and reversing at 80 miles an hour, pronking joyfully upwards, executing long-legged...

Meme Time

Oh yes, it is time to don your Hammer Pants and Meme along with me. Yesterday, a casual acquaintance said, "You know I hope you don't take this the wrong way, (uh-oh) but you look like a famous person to...