{"id":15675,"date":"2019-12-26T09:35:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/?p=15675"},"modified":"2023-07-07T22:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:43:27","slug":"writer-at-worksantas-wizards-life-behind-the-curtain-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/2019\/12\/26\/writer-at-worksantas-wizards-life-behind-the-curtain-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer at Work:<\/i>
Santas, Wizards, & Life behind the Curtain<\/br>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jl-santa\"Merry Christmas!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m always impressed by writers who despite busy schedules manage to produce timely blogs and podcasts. I try. But when other work piles up, I tend to vanquish into the world of deadlines.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This month has brought some exciting projects and opportunities that I hope to share in the weeks ahead, but right now it’s all about staying behind the curtain and getting it done. In the meantime, here’s a vintage post from a few Decembers ago that seems relevant in a number of ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Warm holiday wishes to all … and scop on!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s December 1997. I\u2019m driving north out of Oakland, toward Bigelow Boulevard and downtown Pittsburgh. It\u2019s a gray day, light snow falling. Colored lights trim some of the buildings along North Craig Street, but it doesn\u2019t feel like Christmas.<\/p>\n

Then I see him.<\/p>\n

I clear the rise toward Bigelow Boulevard, and there he is\u2014fourteen-feet high and smiling down from a roadside billboard atop the snowy hillside. Red suit, white beard. It\u2019s Santa. Or is it? I do a double-take. This guy\u2019s wearing rollerblades, sporting a Mohawk haircut, and throwing a peace sign. I slow down. Look again. That\u2019s not Santa. That\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>… [read the rest of the original 2016 post at 21st Century Scop<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas! I’m always impressed by writers who despite busy schedules manage to produce timely blogs and podcasts. I try. But when other work piles up, I tend to vanquish into the world of deadlines.\u00a0 This month has brought some exciting projects and opportunities that I hope to share in the weeks ahead, but right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-cat-21st-centuryscop","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-centuryscop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t