DREAD IN WRITING | DOBBIN'S BLOG
This is dread, man. Truly dread I was asked recently, “what was the first book to scare you?” I didn’t have an answer, because I don’t...
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Jon Dobbin
- Jul 17, 2019
- 4 min
GOT THE TIME? MAKE THE TIME! | DOBBIN'S BLOG
For a lot of us writers working a “real job”, finding the time (and motivation) to sit down to write is a chore. Real jobs are...
Jon Dobbin
- Jun 10, 2019
- 3 min
A FEW WORDS ON WRITING ADVICE | DOBBIN BLOG
Let’s talk about writing advice. Nowadays, telling someone not to follow writing advice is as cliché as the writing advice in question....
Jon Dobbin
- May 4, 2019
- 3 min
BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE: USING BATMAN TO FIGHT EDITING HELL
Okay, so here’s the thing: I’m kinda, sorta stuck in Editing Hell. Yeah, that’s a thing. Crammed somewhere between the Hell of the Upside...
Jon Dobbin
- Mar 20, 2019
- 3 min
LIVIN’ ON THE EDGE: ENGEN’S DYSTOPIA FROM THE ROCK
“There’s somethin’ wrong with the world today/ I don’t know what it is” crooned Steven Tyler of Aerosmith in the band’s seminal 90’s hit...
Jon Dobbin
- Feb 19, 2019
- 3 min
WHAT IF? DO THE MASH, DO THE GENRE MASH
Listen, okay, writing isn’t easy. Right now, I’m sitting in an uncomfortable chair, balancing a laptop and generous sized tea all the...
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