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By Jann Alexander on April 6, 2016 • ( 6 Comments )

A Lesson In Perspective

Some lessons apply equally well to photography and to life.

By Jann Alexander on March 31, 2016 • ( 6 Comments )

Your Book Needs An Editor. How Do You Find One?

Doesn’t your book deserve a professional edit? Here’s how I found the right editor(s)—for mine.

By Jann Alexander on March 4, 2016 • ( 10 Comments )

Murder And Mountains: Two Books, Two Themes, Two Reviews

Two Book Reviews: Murder and mountains mix well in novels by Peter Heller and Joyce Maynard.

By Jann Alexander on February 26, 2016 • ( 17 Comments )

In A Wine State Of Mind

On a Friday evening, there’s one ritual that’s worth a thousand words, when pictured.

By Jann Alexander on February 23, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Get A Sneak Peek: A Habit Of Hiding

Read an excerpt from ‘A Habit Of Hiding,’ and see why it’s been called “tender and engaging.”

By Jann Alexander on February 21, 2016 • ( 10 Comments )

15 Ways To Succeed While You’re Hunting Agents

If you’re querying agents or hunting jobs, you’re in it for the long haul. So how to succeed?

By Jann Alexander on February 9, 2016 • ( 11 Comments )

A Habit of Hiding: Coming Soon

My novel, A Habit of Hiding, awaits a publisher. But that’s no reason you can’t get a sneak peek.

By Jann Alexander on January 29, 2016 • ( 14 Comments )

Ordinary Actions And Memorable Reactions

When every action yields a reaction, the choices become pretty important.

By Jann Alexander on January 15, 2016 • ( 8 Comments )

Seven Ways Writers Can Play ‘What If?’ To Get Inspired

When inspiration doesn’t flow, I play the ‘What If?’ game in seven idea-stoking ways.

By Jann Alexander on December 30, 2015 • ( 7 Comments )

2015 Measured By What You Liked Best

Your favorite posts from 2015 about the creative process revealed a thing or two about you.

By Jann Alexander on December 20, 2015 • ( 9 Comments )

Tis The Season For The Gathering To Begin!

Gathering Christmas traditions, family, friends and good cheer: my wish for you.

By Jann Alexander on December 4, 2015 • ( 8 Comments )

15 Things Learned From 1440 Miles of Texas In Six Days

There are miles and miles of Texas that include bugs, glamour, bison and treasures, to name just a few things.

By Jann Alexander on December 3, 2015 • ( 10 Comments )

Commentary on Cranes and Their Creations

Travel back to the future of Austin, Texas—when the cranes came to build condos.

By Jann Alexander on November 30, 2015 • ( 14 Comments )

In 2011, It Became Official: Austin’s Vanishing

Here’s my look back to 2004, when I became smitten with Austin, and soon found it vanishing.

By Jann Alexander on November 29, 2015 • ( 7 Comments )

Making The Transition

Nature gives us a lesson daily, when the transition from day to night begins.

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Pairings are quite common in life: wine and cheese, football and beer, man and woman. Some pairings are less obvious. Pairings is a blog about pairing art with everything else at AustinDetails.me, where art meets tech with pictures and words.

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Aim, frame, click. Read, write, repeat. Always looking at the details. Pondering where art meets tech. Find Photography, Writing, Art, Design and Words here about pairing art with what goes with it (everything).

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