Jason Haskins
A September return, amid steady writing and record heat
Chances are, wherever you might reside, the last two months have been capital H-O-T hot. At one point, here in the Treasure Valley, Boise...
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Jason Haskins
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Marching towards a novel finish
Inching closer to the completion of The Dragon Slayer. It's been a long, slow tease. Coming up on four years since the release of its...
Jason Haskins
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Of Snow Forts and Santa: Getting into the spirit
A small sample about "Of Snow Forts and Santa", NaNoWriMo updates, and more.
Jason Haskins
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
A trip down memory lane: Summer of '99
The path is stamped down from years of use. The exploration of memory lane over the years -- whether on this site or The Journey of Now...
Jason Haskins
- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
It's beginning to look a lot like December
Do you remember the last event you attended in a large gathering? Was it to see a play? Was it to attend a concert or sporting event? For...
Jason Haskins
- Jun 13, 2020
- 2 min
Hanging around in re-write territory
Rainy days have always soothed me in many ways, especially in the cooler autumn months. On this Saturday in June, there is a certain...
Jason Haskins
- Oct 5, 2019
- 2 min
Quick monthly update in crammed month
The countdown is on. A final countdown? No. Nothing that dramatic. It's the countdown to the release of a new novella, titled Of Snow...
Jason Haskins
- Sep 1, 2019
- 3 min
Arriving this holiday season: A new (shorter) novel
Hot summer days are nearly behind us and -- many of you will likely disagree with this -- but I am thinking of snow. I mean, if...
Jason Haskins
- Aug 3, 2019
- 3 min
Spin around and take a look: it's suddenly August
It's hard to believe seven months in 2019 have already been stamped in the history books. Time is funny that way, in that it's always...
Jason Haskins
- Jul 2, 2019
- 4 min
All is calm as we reach the midpoint of 2019
Settling in to write this monthly update, one that sometimes involves what's going in my world, sometimes involves processes on writing,...
Jason Haskins
- May 2, 2019
- 3 min
Celebrating Idaho Gives Day and a new play reading
Each year for the past six years, right around the early part of May, the non-profit organizations in the state of Idaho have a day of...
Jason Haskins
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
March in the Treasure Valley
There was a span of 12 hours, in the last week of February, in which the Treasure Valley received 2-3 inches of snow, followed up by...
Jason Haskins
- Feb 2, 2019
- 3 min
Engaging the boosters, half-speed ahead
Boy, January 2019, you sure went up and disappeared quickly. One day, a person is setting out with eyes up, ready to attack a new year...
Jason Haskins
- Jan 1, 2019
- 3 min
2019: Welcoming a new year, new challenges
Sitting here in my cramped apartment -- where the walls creep closer every year -- I'm taking a chance to reflect on 2018 and the...
Jason Haskins
- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
Extracting a slice of the rainbow
"I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life...
Jason Haskins
- Nov 2, 2018
- 3 min
Bulking up: The stretch run of 2018
It's hard to believe we're heading into the final months of 2018. Was it not only yesterday we were laying out our goals for the year?...
Jason Haskins
- Oct 2, 2018
- 3 min
October: A little bit of Hocus Focus
"Yes, life is insane. But the great wisdom of the Warrior lies in choosing his insanity wisely." Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light....
Jason Haskins
- Sep 3, 2018
- 3 min
Finding time to embrace a good story
Stories, whether they are written as a novel, a short story, as poetry, in a play or screenplay, or even spoken on your favorite podcast...
Jason Haskins
- Aug 18, 2018
- 3 min
1998: A journey down memory lane
photo credit: commons. wikimedia.org Driving home from the gym today, I decided to take a detour and make my way home via the streets of...
Jason Haskins
- Aug 4, 2018
- 3 min
Escaping the heat of July and moving into a scorching August
A journey across a handful of western states at the end of July/first of August brought me to the Utah Shakespeare Festival, where I saw...