Hindsight: Part 2

Hindsight is a work of fiction written by Jamey Stegmaier, released in 9 short segments (1 per week).  Read Part 1 here first. Part 2 of 9: Remembering the Future Stew couldn’t help but skip class in high school. He loved the feeling of freedom, the exhilaration of defying authority. Even better, he liked taking people with … Read more

Hindsight: Part 1

The “serial” concept I discussed yesterday really intrigues me. It’s been a while since I’ve written fiction, but there’s a short story I wrote and revised a few years ago that I’d like to serialize on this blog. Every Thursday for the next 9 weeks, I’m going to post part of the short story here. … Read more

Serial, Post-Hype

A few months ago, my pop-culture savvy friend Bryce asked me if I had been listening to the Serial podcast. Nope, I said. Never heard of it. Bryce couldn’t believe it. Apparently I was missing out on the most downloaded podcast ever, a cultural phenomenon. Over a 12-week period, Serial was downloaded by millions of … Read more

I Survived a Vicious Bout of Public Speaking

The company publishing my crowdfunding/Kickstarter book, Berrett-Koehler, recently invited my out to their Oakland office for an “author day.” As they explained it to me, they do these author days so that every person involved in the production, editing, marketing, and multimedia ask can meet with the author to discuss the process. “Also,” they added, … Read more

One of My Favorite People

Normally I like to space out similar types of entries on this blog. Only one pet please a week or one entry about movies, that kind of thing. Today I have to violate that rule. I’m going to follow Sunday’s very personal post with one that is equally personal. This is Grandma, one of my … Read more