Friday, March 30, 2012

"Out of My League" by Dirk Hayhurst

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I finished a few days ago reading Out of My League by former MLB pitcher Dirk Hayhurst and thought it pretty compelling. The book follows ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Words Written Down Book Process

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Now that I've actually finished writing and publishing the thing , it seems high time to note the process I went through with the book. ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Words Written Down Book

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Yep, I wrote a book. It can be found via both the Amazon & Scribd links below... with Scribd providing the ability to download a PDF v...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Career change pieces: on writers James Erwin & Kevin Van Valkenburg / football coach Joe Moglia

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I've come across a number of pieces over the last few weeks with each interesting and all involving career changes. Longest of the piece...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Writing of Niceness - by & about Marilyn Hagerty

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There was an interesting piece published earlier this month in a North Dakota newspaper earlier this month that had an absolutely fascinatin...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Time Magazine Pieces: Journalists Escaping Syria / Climate Change & Bill McKibben

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There were a few excellent pieces of writing from the past couple issues of Time Magazine , starting with the most recent Mar 19 edition. Co...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Businessweek Pieces: Twitter / Coursera / Andrew Stanton / Pulse App / Nextdoor / Olympic Ambush Marketing / Pico Iyer

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As often seems to be the case, there were quite a few interesting pieces from Businessweek lately. Cover story of the March 5-11 issue wa...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Sports Illustrated Pieces on Rhiannon Hull / Jack Jablonski

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There were two Sports Illustrated features from the past few weeks that stood out for their impact. From the Feb 27 issue was "The Way...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Businessweek Pieces: Starbucks, HARP 2.0, Mitt Romney, Stripe and Car Engines

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There was a bevy of interesting content out of two recent Businessweek issues... the Feb 13 and Feb 27 editions. From the further back Feb ...

"The Bullpen Gospels" by Dirk Hayhurst

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Recently finished reading The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst and found it to be an entertaining read from the former minor (and briefly ...
Friday, March 02, 2012

Writing from ESPN The Magazine - on Ricky Williams, Stan Conte & Brandon McCarthy

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There were three excellent pieces from the Mar 5 issue of ESPN The Magazine . Shortest of them was the Chris Jones back-page commentary ...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

Writing on the Amazing - from Esquire, GQ, NYT & Smithsonian Magazine

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This compilation post has been a while in coming (drat that cold), but there's been some excellent writing I've come across lately t...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

"Public Parts" by Jeff Jarvis

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Took me a while to make it through it, but I a few days ago finished Public Parts by Jeff Jarvis . I enjoyed quite a bit the prior Jarvis ...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Outside Magazine Pieces - by James Nestor & Brian Mockenhaupt

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There were two stories that stood out as particularly interesting and well written from the March issue of Outside Magazine . The first piec...

Excellent Sports Writing - from Ballard, Lake, Bamberger & Hruby

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There have been a number of sports pieces I've come across lately that featured really solid writing worth noting. Personal favorite was...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Writers on Writing - by Ballard, Jones & Sullivan

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There's been a few great interviews I've come across lately featuring top level writers dishing on the process of writing. Its proba...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Time Magazine Pieces: Facebook timeline / JC Penny pricing / GOP Presidential Race / Mediterranean diet

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There's been some excellent writing from the past few issues of Time Magazine . In the Feb 6 edition, the excellent David Von Drehle wr...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Businessweek Pieces: on Amazon / Zappos / United Airlines & Hearsay Social

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There was some interesting content from the last few issues of Businessweek starting off with the Jan 30-Feb 5 cover story. Written by Brad...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

"Pulphead" by John Jeremiah Sullivan

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Recently finished reading Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan : a book of largely first person essays done really well. Sullivan's writi...
Monday, February 06, 2012

Excellent Sports Writing - from Reilly, Wetzel, Lake, Segura, Phillips & Wertheim

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Have seen a host of interesting pieces of sports writing lately from a few different sources. The recent Feb 6, 2012 issue of Sports Illustr...