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Monday, November 29, 2010

So You Want to Write a Novel

Posted by Jonathan S. at Monday, November 29, 2010
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Jonathan S.
Seattle, Washington, United States
I am a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. I am working on a book about the Lincoln Highway. Follow me: http://thefatherroad.com/
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Books Published

  • Odd Harbor - E-Book Novel No Longer Available

Books Published In

  • Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
  • Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed
  • Home Brew Wind Power
  • Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists
  • My Funny Major Medical
  • My Funny Valentine: America's Most Hilarious Writers Take On Love, Romance, and Other Complications
  • The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes

Magazines Published In

  • Amphora Magazine
  • BPM Magazine
  • Beer Northwest Magazine
  • Canoe and Kayak Magazine
  • City Arts
  • Coffee House Digest
  • Comedians Magazine
  • Culture: The Word on Cheese
  • Diner Journal
  • Discover America Travel Guide
  • Distinctly Northwest Magazine
  • Epitaphs Magazine
  • Fine Books and Collections Magazine
  • Forever Green
  • Geez Magazine
  • Ghettoblaster Magazine
  • Halftime Magazine
  • Idaho Magazine
  • Lexus Magazine
  • Meatpaper
  • Metro Dot Pop
  • Nevada Magazine
  • Northwest Travel Magazine
  • Parody Poetry Journal
  • Presence Magazine
  • Put an Egg on It
  • Rain Taxi Review of Books
  • Remedy Quarterly
  • SOMA Magazine
  • Seattle Business Magazine
  • Seattle Sound Magazine
  • Sip Northwest Magazine
  • Stage Directions Magazine
  • Sublime Magazine
  • Swindle Magazine
  • Touring & Tasting Magazine
  • Twins Magazine
  • Uppercase Magazine
  • Venuszine
  • Welding and Cutting Magazine

Newspapers Published In

  • Boston Globe
  • Columbia River Reader
  • Crab Cracker
  • Dallas Morning News
  • Denver Post
  • Kansas City Star
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Oklahoman
  • Olympian
  • Oregonian
  • Pike Place Market News
  • Vashon Beachcomber
  • Vashon Loop

Blogs I Contribute To

  • City Arts Magazine
  • Fine Books and Collections Magazine
  • Free Crap on the Side of the Road
  • Full Stop

Websites Published On (Music Writing)

  • Amplified
  • Boxx Magazine
  • BPM
  • Now On Tour
  • Silent Uproar
  • Sweet Fox
  • Three Imaginary Girls
  • Usounds
  • Venuszine

Websites Published In (Humor Writing)

  • Bacon Today
  • Beachwood Reporter
  • Cap'n Wacky
  • CC2K
  • Cricket Soda
  • Defenstration
  • Hobart Pulp
  • McSweeney's Internet Tendency
  • Seattle Raptor
  • Seattle Salmon
  • Yankee Potroast

Websites Published In (Misc Writings)

  • 555 Collective
  • AAA Journey Magazine
  • Aesthetic Refuge
  • CC2K
  • Earthwalkers Magazine
  • Haiku Ninjas
  • Lost Magazine
  • Pen Cap Chew Magazine
  • Poor Taste Magazine
  • Portland Fiction Project
  • Vintage Seattle
  • Word Riot

Photography Published In

  • AAA Journey Magazine
  • City Arts Magazine
  • Crappy Taxidermy
  • Fine Books and Collections Magazine
  • Northwest Travel Magazine

Magazines, Sites, and Blogs I Read Frequently

  • Atlantic
  • Bookdwarf
  • Bookninja
  • Comics Curmudgeon
  • Crosscut Seattle
  • Curious Expeditions
  • Esquire
  • Grist
  • Guardian Unlimited Books
  • Harper's Magazine
  • Largehearted Boy
  • Magazine Publishers of America
  • Media Bistro
  • Morning News
  • National Book Critics Circle Board
  • Neatorama
  • New York Times Book Section
  • New York Times Magazine
  • New Yorker
  • Newsmap
  • Onion, The
  • Slate Magazine
  • Smithsonian
  • Three Quarks Daily
  • USA Today Pop Candy
  • Vanity Fair
  • Weekly World News

Writers I Read Regularly

  • Annie Dillard
  • Bill Bryson
  • Bill McKibben
  • Darby Conley
  • Dave Barry
  • George Saunders
  • Mark Bowden
  • Matthew Yglesias
  • Nick Hornby
  • Oliver Sacks
  • Pete Dexter
  • Sarah Vowell
  • Sherman Alexie
  • Steve Martin
  • Susan Orlean
  • T.C. Boyle
  • Timothy Egan
  • Tobias Wolff

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