Jeremiah Tolbert

Writer | Photographer | Web Designer

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On Types of Writers Block

When I first began writ­ing in earnest, I didn’t believe in writer’s block.  You know how it is.  When you’re com­pletely lack­ing in self-consciousness about your works, it’s much eas­ier to get things done.  Doubt hasn’t entered the pic­ture then, nor a dozen other ever-present con­cerns, experience-driven instincts, and mild pho­bias that you develop with […]

Labeling Oneself as an Artist and Why I Have Avoided It

I’ve strongly resisted the label of artist for a long time, because I don’t feel wor­thy of it, on the one hand, and on the other hand, to avoid the neg­a­tive con­no­ta­tions that are entwined with the label in my back­wards, red­neck brain. Who is an artist? (the ingrained notions) Here’s what I grew up thinking […]

A New Blog Project: Project Game Writer

After attend­ing the Game Developer’s Conference Writer Summit in Austin a cou­ple of weeks ago, I have been increas­ingly deter­mined to make a slow career shift from web-related work to the video game indus­try and writ­ing.  I’m not going to stop build­ing web­sites yet.  But I want to start writ­ing in the field. I’ve been thinking […]

To Rewrite or Not to Rewrite? That is the Flowchart.

I recently received a rewrite request for a story I had sub­mit­ted.  Over my time as a writer, I’ve received rewrite requests that I’ve accepted, and rewrite requests I have turned down–for a lot of dif­fer­ent rea­sons.  I real­ized that my think­ing that goes into the deci­sion of whether or not to do so is […]