Category Archives: operation: awesome

Roots Pushing Through

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Jason L Blair

I think I’m starting to understand the concept of putting down roots. Staying in a place for a while. Staying at a job, a company for a long time. It’s…weird for me. I never felt a connection to my hometown. … Continue reading →

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Interview at Escapist Magazine

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Jason L Blair

So this was unexpected. Late in December, Adam Gauntlett—one of the folks behind the tabletop section of wildly popular gaming/geek site The Escapist—contacted me to see if I was interested in doing an interview about Little Fears. Of course, I … Continue reading →

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Here’s the Thing About Dreams

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Jason L Blair

Another year has ended (and I’ll write about that soon) and another one has started. All comments about arbitrary date changes aside, the beginning of a new year is as good a time as any other for reflection and declaration. … Continue reading →

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Back in the Saddle of the One-Year Plan

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Jason L Blair

February was a bad month as far as getting any of my own writing done. All my energy was spent on work for the day job (which is awesome) but it left little time for finishing Five-Story Drop (the upcoming … Continue reading →

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The One-Year Plan: Goal One – Met!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Jason L Blair

I finished a novel last night. I’m still a bit stunned by it honestly. It’s a Middle Grade novel, sure, so it’s 1/3 the size of a standard adult novel (what most folks think of when they think of a … Continue reading →

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The One-Year Plan Begins Now

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Jason L Blair

The grand odometer of life has flipped another digit, and I’m staring across a field of 365 chances to fulfill some dreams until it does so again. As I talked about back in September, I aim to become an honest-to-goodness … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome – The One-Year Plan

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Jason L Blair

About a month ago, I talked about how I needed to add new direction in my life (“A Metaphorical Haircut“) and that, even though I was sitting pretty with a great job at a great company, I was left partially … Continue reading →

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A Metaphorical Haircut

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Jason L Blair

It’s not that I get bored easily. But when I do tire of something, I have to change it. Mostly this means shaving my head or growing a ridiculous mustache but sometimes this means bigger things. I launched Operation: Awesome … Continue reading →

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Two Years of Awesome

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Jason L Blair

I first wrote about Operation: Awesome back in June 2010 but I put the plan laid out in that post into practice much earlier. A lot of 2010 was focused on redefining myself, pushing myself, and changing my entire creative … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome – The 1000-Word Plan

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jason L Blair

One thousand words. It’s not a lot. But neither is a single grain of sand. Earlier this year, I hit a hard realization: Writing wasn’t working for me anymore. I was writing in spurts. Some days I’d hit 3000 words … Continue reading →

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