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Should I quit my job and write full time?
This question bothers nearly every writer with a regular job and serious ambition. The allure of a life devoted to filling your mind with the world of your characters and […] Continue Reading →
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On Watching My Daughter Trying To Walk
It’s something else to watch my kiddo trying to walk. To see the progression from wiggled arms, to an epic, slow-motion, rotisserie roll over, to crawling, to galloping, to […] Continue Reading →
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A Quick Guide to Online Writing Gigs
There are good ways to search for online writing work, and there are frustrating ways to search for online writing work. You can quickly find yourself spinning your tires trying […] Continue Reading →
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Freelance Writing: Improving Your Chances of Getting Published
By far, the most difficult part of the freelance writing life is finding and winning assignments with editors. Depending on your level of experience, and the size of your rolodex, […] Continue Reading →
Hi, I’m Joshua Rigsby
I’m a writer and a bookstore owner. I enjoy tautologies.
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Y Pickles, Tho?
A fair question. I write about writing and books and life and 19th century tea clippers. None of that is particularly related to briny vegetables. I just like the idea that a pickled cucumber is a pickle. I enjoy the backhanded humor of it. I like to fuck with people. I’m not sure what to tell you.
Joshua Rigsby
Joshua Rigsby runs a bookstore in a small town in Georgia. He has written for Thrillist, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Southern California Public Radio, and the Atlantic.
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