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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?
I can hear you asking. I can hear the incredulity whirring behind your crinkled eyebrows. Why, exactly, would someone restart a blog? A blog? A web-log? You say. Seems a bit old fashioned, doesn’t it? This form of communication peaked about twenty years ago. No flash. No pizzazz. Virality is unlikely. This is not monetizable… Continue Reading →
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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 living them out on the page for day after endless day of imaginative bliss? It’s appealing. Sure. But is it right for you? Right now?… 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 standing. Now wobbly- hipped like an amateur ice skater. Now bold, confident, and defiant. The way she stretches her flailing arms around her, with each… 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 to race other bidders to the bottom instead of collecting a paycheck. Here are some quick tips to point you in the right direction. … 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, this may take a considerable amount of effort. If you want to get published, you will need to convince an editor: A) that you are… Continue Reading →
I’m Joshua Rigsby
I like to write about writing, parenting, 19th century tea clipper races, and pickles. Read on.
ABOUT PICKLES
Why Pickles, & also Why Blog at All?
A fair question. I’m not really sure the answer. I like the backhanded tautology of it. A pickled cucumber is just a pickle. Not that deep. Just mildly funny. I’m not sure what to tell you.
Joshua Rigsby
Joshua Rigsby runs a bookstore in a small town. He has written for Thrillist, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Southern California Public Radio, and the Atlantic.
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