Jack Campbell Jr.

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  • Post-NaNoWriMo: The End is the Beginning

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    I did it. I won NaNoWriMo, and I wrote all about it over at The Confabulator Cafe. Stop by to see how it went and what plans I have for the near future. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2014/12/post-nanowrimo-end-beginning/

  • NaNoWriMo Week 4: The Homestretch

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    My live-blogging of NaNoWriMo continues with my latest Confabulator Cafe posting. We are heading in to the finale. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Check it out. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2014/11/nanowrimo-week-4-homestretch/

  • A Goodbye for a Nice Dog

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    2003 marked a definitive change in my life. I returned to college, effectively abandoning a potential career in journalism to pursue English, effectively changing my focus to fiction writing. That was also the year that my ex-wife told me that she wanted to adopt Tippie after finding her in an Ames animal shelter. Tippie always…

  • NaNoWriMo Week 3: The Full-Time Writer

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    My latest blog post about NaNoWriMo and the writing of Very Dangerous People is up at The Confabulator Cafe. Be sure to stop by and see how it is going. This week, I get to pretend to be a full-time writer. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2014/11/nanowrimo-week-3-the-full-time-writer/

  • November is Hell, NaNoWriMo Week 2

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    I have a new post up at The Confabulator Cafe detailing how the writing of Very Dangerous People is going. November really is the worst month for me to have NaNoWriMo. See my complaints here.  Only twenty more days, right? I think I will go have a cry. By the way, I am in discussions with an…

  • Very Dangerous People, NaNoWriMo Week 1

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    I am live-blogging my NaNoWriMo progress over at The Confabulator Cafe. Check out my latest entry on my first week of November and how life always seems to try to push writing aside. Also, a small note about how my latest novel, the Lovecraftian hitman thriller Very Dangerous People is progressing.

  • The Mercenary Writing of Robin Wayne Bailey

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    Last Friday, I attended the Longview Literary Festival in Lee’s Summit. I took part in panels on critique groups and monsters in society. I had a lot of fun and the audience was enthusiastic, though sometimes small thanks to student class schedules. The featured speaker was Robin Wayne Bailey, who gave a lecture about his “rules”…

  • Magic, Pokemon, and other Family Gatherings

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    It may come as some shock, given how big of geek I am, that I hadn’t played Magic the Gathering until just recently. Sara thought that it would be a good thing to do together, rather than our normal pastime of sitting next to each other and reading. So, I sat down with her one…

  • Boogie Traps and Wooshie Cushions

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    “He fell in the boogie trap!” My recently-turned seven year-old has a fascination for buildings and structures. He plays with Legos almost constantly. His castle building stage led to a series of elaborate booby traps that has yet to run its course after two years. Children are adorable, and due to a combination of adorableness…

  • 4 Tips for Surviving Online Grad School

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    I would say that online education is the way of the future, but that would be a cliche. It would also be false. Online education is the way of the present. Digital media is pervading every aspect of our educational system. Don’t believe me? As all the parents of my local school district who had…