Jonathan Cosgrove

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  • Surmount all obstacles

    I did some work on the novel this morning before work. Came up with a pretty great scene that takes place largely before the point at which I started my narrative. I knew that scene… Read more

  • Losing the Plot

    A few months ago I had a really great conversation with Leo on the Losing the Plot podcast. An aptly named podcast for the times in which we live. It was a really fun conversation… Read more

  • Someone always says it better…

    After my post yesterday I got some of my favourite regular e-mail this year – my monthly writing exercise from Matt Bell (If you haven’t signed up you’re missing out.) This month he wrote about… Read more

  • What are you adding to the conversation?

    Is writing anything in this day and age stupid? As I’m working through my current WIP and working on shorter things I’m plagued by this question: What’s the point really? It feels like every day… Read more

  • Book Trailers are Cool

    Like I said over on Twitter earlier, I really enjoy that book trailers are becoming more of a thing. A couple of years ago I saw Juliet Escoria post one for some book and thought… Read more

  • 61 Days – Have I learned anything?

    A small check in to say that I’ve just hit 40k words on my longer project -OPERATION MEZZANINE. I’ve been aiming to write 300 words every day as a very small and manageable goal to… Read more

  • Arm Cast Podcast

    Recently, I was the guest on the Arm Cast Podcast hosted by Armand Rosamilia. We talked about the anthology we’re both in (Arterial Bloom), pretending to be pro wrestlers, getting started in fiction, and the… Read more

  • Take it away, George…

    I’ve started two or three lengthy blog pieces in the last week or so and have gotten nowhere. Well, I’ve written a heap of words but haven’t been able to wrangle them into something readable…… Read more

  • My Daaaark Place

    This has just been sitting on my computer for too long and I can’t think of a witty title. But, yeah, Garth Marenghi is right. Things aren’t ideal and yet… Also, they should totally release… Read more

  • In-Sentence Suspense

    This is from the first exercise Matt Bell has posted on his “Writing Exercises” emails about creating an “in-sentence” suspension. To briefly, and poorly, explain it’s about creating a simple sentence and then delaying the… Read more

I’m Jonathan and I neglect this site more than I post on it… But that’s okay, I’m probably working on a story or a novel or picking up my cat when it least expects it.

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