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Julie Christine Johnson
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- Who I am:
- I am a writer who is learning to transition from dream to practice. I began writing fiction in 2011. My work has appeared in the River Poets Journal, Cirque, the anthology Stories for Sendai and in Granny Smith Magazine; I was shortlisted for the Santa Fe Writers Project 2011 Literary Award for Fiction. By day, I am a wine and beer buyer in Seattle. Early mornings, evenings and weekends I can be found blogging at chalkthesun.wordpress.com I am sweating over my first novel, set in Cathar country, deep in the heart of Languedoc, France.
- Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
- I blog at chalkthesun.wordpress.com and tweet at JulieChristineJ
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Stories for Sendai (anthology); Granny Smith Magazine (literary); Cirque (literary); River Poets Journal (literary); Transitions Abroad (travel writing)
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Blog Posts, Lit Crit
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- Goodreads
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Julie Christine Johnson's Blog
My Character ('s) Flaws
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 5:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Several days ago we stood on a beach, looking out across the Salish Sea, our shoulders hunched against the briny wind. Brendan turned to me and said, "Our lives are changing."
Not so many years ago, this sentence would have been "We are changing our lives." Hard-wired for motion, we grew restless every two or three years. We switched jobs, home loans, states, cities, countries with ease - not…
Continue Do I Have To Carpe Diem Today?
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 6:20pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Go on - take at your Pinterest board, at the magnets on your fridge, at the coffee mugs replicating like rabbits in your cupboard: I reckon there is at least one version of Carpe Diem in the lot. Scattered about in forms tangible and virtual are quotes admonishing you to live life to fullest, every day, for you never know when it may be your last. Me? I've got Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever ~ Mahatma Gandhi tacked…
Continue The First 10,000 Words
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
They are scattered about, those first ten thousand words. Cast like jacks among five chapters and thirteen scenes that make up Part One. Such as it is. As a rough outline of eight, perhaps nine, chapters and thirty or so scenes, Part One takes slow, disjointed shape.
Three weeks ago I had an idea. I had two characters. I had a word count of zero. Today I have thirteen souls in various…
Continue Book Review: Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Posted on July 28, 2012 at 10:44am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I admit to having a bit of a crush on Thomas Cromwell. All right, he's a bit long…
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I did a lot of outdoor stuff as well while I was there: hiking, backpacking, swimming, canoeing, etc. Here in CA, I find the heat slows me much more. But I did love the coffeehouse culture of the NW. I think I would love it even more now that I am writing.
I think the Northwest would be a great place to live as a writer. The weather keeps you in to write much of the time and the coffeehouses are wonderful for people watching.
I lived in Seattle for 8 years and loved it. Now I'm in CA, but may move back north when I retire.
Julie!
So nice to connect with you here. I love Athens and it's always great to find people who have lived there and have a fondness for it, too. And thank you so much for your kind words about my blog.
Looking forward to getting to know you here.
xx Colleen
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Julie, We're delighted to have you join us in the novelist group! If you haven’t done so already, you might introduce yourself by telling us what you’re working on in the “Show Me Your Novel and I’ll Show You Mine” discussion. We do a live chat Wednesdays at 1 EST, with instructions on how to participate in the "Our Water Cooler" box near the top of the group page. And we save the wall for discussion, but welcome links to helpful blog posts on the “Links to Helpful Blog Posts for Writers” discussion thread and to published books in the “Our Published Novels” one. I hope you’ll enjoy the group.
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