Author: jasonboog
Publishers Weekly Stories
August 10, 2019
I am the West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly, and I like to share my stories on this page… Formerly Self-Published Italian Author Lands Netflix Series 27-year-old Antonio Dikele Distefano is the child of Angolan immigrants, and his formerly self-published novels explore the lives the children of immigrants. “I show Italian kids that there is […]
Free Born Reading Newsletter
March 23, 2019
In Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age, I share hundreds of books and apps that parents can use with kids. Now that the book is published, I still find great new apps and books every week. To keep parents and kids informed, I launched a free newsletter for parents. Follow the link below to […]
May Swenson on the Sad Men Podcast
March 23, 2019
The third episode of the Sad Men Podcast is up, exploring the Great Depression writings of the great poet, May Swenson. Swenson worked for the Federal Writers Project, a radical piece of New Deal legislation that put hundreds of unemployed writers back to work creating city guidebooks, cultural essays, and oral histories in the mid 1930s. Swenson […]
Best Writing Music of 2016
December 9, 2016
What’s your favorite writing music from 2016? Over at Spotify, I rounded up my annual list of the best music that helped me write this year. That’s 21 hours of inspiring instrumental music for your writing pleasure… During my days as the editor of GalleyCat, I created a collection of other Spotify playlists from some […]
Writer’s Guide to Patreon
December 5, 2016
Are you struggling to find a way to support a long-term creative project? Over at GalleyCat, I wrote an essay to help creators use Patreon to fund ongoing writing projects. It’s called “What Writers Need To Know About Patreon.” Here’s an excerpt: “Patreon helps creators of everything from web videos to novels to comics raise […]