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Quick monthly update in crammed month
The countdown is on. A final countdown? No. Nothing that dramatic. It's the countdown to the release of a new novella, titled Of Snow...

Jason Haskins
Oct 5, 20192 min read
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Arriving this holiday season: A new (shorter) novel
Hot summer days are nearly behind us and, many of you will likely disagree with this, I am thinking of snow. I mean, if Starbucks™ can...

Jason Haskins
Sep 1, 20193 min read
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Spin around and take a look: it's suddenly August
It's hard to believe seven months in 2019 have already been stamped in the history books. Time is funny, in that it's always flying by,...

Jason Haskins
Aug 3, 20193 min read
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All is calm as we reach the midpoint of 2019
Settling in to write this monthly update, one that sometimes involves what's going in my world, sometimes involves processes on writing,...

Jason Haskins
Jul 2, 20193 min read
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June: A return to fundamentals, or, how a routine is found again
"Even if you have already fired a bow several times, continue to pay attention to how you position the arrow and how you flex the...

Jason Haskins
Jun 2, 20193 min read
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Celebrating Idaho Gives Day and a new play reading
Each year for the past six years, right around the early part of May, the non-profit organizations in the state of Idaho have a day of...

Jason Haskins
May 2, 20193 min read
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The Blue Gem: Now available in paperback
In March of 2018, after a four-year journey of drafts, rewrites, notes on pieces of scrap paper, and some decent-sized edits, I...

Jason Haskins
Apr 3, 20193 min read
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A break from the norm with short fiction
Wrote the following piece of short fiction for an entry into a contest. Alas, it wasn't selected so I figured I'd toss it on the website....

Jason Haskins
Mar 29, 20192 min read
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March in the Treasure Valley
There was a span of 12 hours, in the last week of February, in which the Treasure Valley received 2-3 inches of snow, followed by steady...

Jason Haskins
Mar 4, 20193 min read
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Engaging the boosters, half-speed ahead in February
Boy, January 2019, you sure went up and disappeared quickly. One day, a person is setting out with eyes up, ready to attack a new year...

Jason Haskins
Feb 2, 20193 min read
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2019: Welcoming a new year, new challenges
Sitting here in my cramped apartment, where the walls creep closer every year, I'm taking a chance to reflect on 2018 and the successes...

Jason Haskins
Jan 1, 20193 min read
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Extracting a slice of the rainbow
"I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life...

Jason Haskins
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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Bulking up: The stretch run of 2018
It's hard to believe we're heading into the final months of 2018. Was it not only yesterday we were laying out our goals for the year?...

Jason Haskins
Nov 2, 20183 min read
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October: A little bit of Hocus Focus
"Yes, life is insane. But the great wisdom of the Warrior lies in choosing his insanity wisely." Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light....

Jason Haskins
Oct 2, 20183 min read
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Finding time to embrace a good story
Stories, whether written as a novel, a short story, poetry, in a play or screenplay, or even spoken on your favorite podcast, have an...

Jason Haskins
Sep 3, 20183 min read
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1998: A journey down memory lane
photo credit: commons. wikimedia.org Driving home from the gym today, I decided to take a detour and make my way home via the streets of...

Jason Haskins
Aug 18, 20183 min read
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Escaping the heat of July and moving into a scorching August
A journey across a handful of western states at the end of July and first of August brought me to the Utah Shakespeare Festival, where I...

Jason Haskins
Aug 4, 20183 min read
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July: Taking care of business (mostly every day)
Summer has rolled in. And with it, a chance to do a bit of writing while in the company of nature's serenity. The process of writing can...

Jason Haskins
Jul 1, 20183 min read
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Keeping up with the June(ses)
Thunderstorms, mixed in with a flurry of hail and a deluge of rain, closed out the month of May. Fifteen minutes bursts of precipitation...

Jason Haskins
Jun 1, 20183 min read
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Writing updates, Idaho Gives and more for May
Shall we jump right in, feet first, into the monthly updates? Okay, fine, feel free to wade in if you'd like. The water is fine; calm,...

Jason Haskins
May 2, 20183 min read
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