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Why Everyone Still Loves Hitler
For someone we claim dislike so much we seem to reference him all the time. In political discussions especially. There is no better way to score cheap points with your base […]
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How to Handle a Bad Review: Pt. 2 (When You Don’t Know Who’s Right)
Last week I wrote about how to respond when someone gives your writing a bad review for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of your work. Basically, […]
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How to Handle A Bad Review: Pt 1 (When They’re Wrong)
This is the first in a series of posts about what to do with bad reviews. I welcome your recommendations in the comment section below. IT WILL HAPPEN TO […]
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8 Things You Might Not Know About the Berlin Wall
I’m researching Berlin in the 1980’s for an upcoming writing project. Many people who grew up after the collapse of the USSR (like myself) are only vaguely aware of the […]
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11 Basic Tips for Writing a Press Release
Writing a press release can be intimidating. Google is choked with suggestions on PR templates, formats, press release services, and distribution companies. How are you supposed to know what to […]
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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2015 Edition
At the beginning of last year I wrote a post about how it seems like everyone has an inexplicably strong set of feelings about New Year’s Resolutions. Not much has […]
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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2014
If you own or operate a blog in the English-speaking world it’s required by law of all Current & Former Members of the British Empire that you compose a post […]
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Sushi & the Craft of Writing
I recently watched the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.” It’s a great film (available on Netflix). Beautifully shot, well-constructed, nicely edited. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves sushi, […]
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Writing and Mental Hyperventilation
I finished a large writing project recently. This puppy has taken me years to get through. Lots of rewrites. Lots of frustration. Self doubt. Yada yada. It was done, I […]
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The Famous Tea Clipper Races
Arguably some of the most dramatic nautical events of the 19th century were the famous “tea clipper races” that pitted merchant companies against one another in a bid to see […]
About Joshua Rigsby
Joshua Rigsby runs an independent bookstore in a small Georgia town. His writing has been featured on Thrillist, Atlas Obscura, Southern California Public Radio, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Atlantic.
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