Tag Archives: writing

Dead Air

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Jan C. Johnson

A couple of weeks ago, toward the tail end of digging-out-from-under-a-million-peaches season, I offered a little bag of peaches to my old high-school friend Kevin. Well, more accurately, I sneaked over to the radio station where he works and tried … Continue reading →

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“Morning Pages”

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Jan C. Johnson

This month I’ve started doing Morning Pages — If you’re a writer you’ve heard of this journaling/freewriting exercise that’s supposed to encourage creativity. The idea is to just write anything that comes to mind, quickly and without stopping, until you … Continue reading →

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Staff Meeting

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Jan C. Johnson

As a writer I need structure, whether or not I want it at any given time. So I have a morning routine that is supposed to give me a good start to my day, energizing me for the segue into … Continue reading →

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I’m Meeting My Deadline. So There.

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Jan C. Johnson

I’m linking up for some virtual coffee with Rachel Anne and the Company Girls! I’m a writer, but I almost never write about writing* because I’m always trying to learn everything I can about writing from other writers. In other … Continue reading →

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Writers and the Soul of a Painter

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Jan C. Johnson

A few months ago I enjoyed a most unusual interview: I got to spend an hour with Tina Bohlman, a well-respected landscape artist in Waxahachie. Now, I had interviewed talented artists before — painters, filmmakers, musicians — but what made … Continue reading →

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A Good Time for some Bad Writing

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Jan C. Johnson

I love to write and have a passion for communicating. Since I started back to college in 2005, almost all my writing has been non-fiction: research papers, literary analyses, creative non-fiction, other people’s memoirs and, more recently, my magazine features. … Continue reading →

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