by Nathan James | May 31, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
Tools As the name of my blog The Relative Cartographer suggests, one of my hobbies is researching my family tree. Before I start digging into my ancestor’s history, I spend time looking into different state and local websites and newspapers archives that might...
by Nathan James | May 17, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
Hotheaded I’m probably not going to tell you anything you don’t know already, but you know those author quotes, books about writing, and “helpful” motivation websites that tell writers we need to write every single day at the same time? Yeah,...
by Nathan James | May 3, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
Off the rails My partner and I cut all ties with our regular Thursday night routine and went to the theater. (I love my city because that’s a thing we can do here. Just show up at a theater downtown and buy tickets.) We saw Bullets Over Broadway, a musical based...
by Nathan James | Apr 19, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Apeshit Say writing an amazing essay, story, or poem is like busting open a pinata. There are the obvious similes: starting out blindfolded (where’s the dude’s blindfold?), knowing about where the target is, batting the...
by Nathan James | Apr 5, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hipsters I just bought a new pair of reading glasses. The process was arduous. In the past two months, I’ve visited twenty-three different stores and websites trying to find the perfect pair. Twenty-three. Each new pair I...
by Nathan James | Mar 22, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Structure Maybe it’s because of the recent green holiday, but this picture reminds me so much of my time studying in Ballyvaughan, Ireland. More specifically, it reminds me of the days my classmates and I would hop aboard a...
