Welcome to 2021! Where the world is still on fire, but we might be just a little bit more hopeful. One of the things that kept me hopeful through 2020 and now into 2021 are books! I'm pushing myself to read more and more every year. Even with things going crazy. There are so many … Continue reading Books I’m Looking Forward to in Early 2021
Welcome to 2021 where we take our writing goals very seriously. Even when you hurt your back and your left contact is wigging out so badly, you're typing with just one eye on the screen while the other is closed just to make it through a few pesky emails and a blog post. So to … Continue reading How Long Should a Chapter Be?
This year definitely feels different than last year. This time last year I was excited to write down my resolutions and think about my goals. I was preparing for a trip to Vegas. I had started a new job that I thought was going to be the best thing ever. And oof. We got hit … Continue reading 2021 New Year’s Resolutions
First I would like to apologize for this late post. I didn't mean to lose track of time, but the holiday season just messed me all up. I will be back on a regular schedule starting next week. This one is just super late (sorry). A lot has happened this year. A lot. Not just … Continue reading 2020: A Year in Review
Today is the beginning of a very winter snap for me. The ground is covered in ice, and I'm working from home to avoid the cold. I'm not a fan of the cold. It was only a few days ago the east coast of the US also got covered in snow. Winter is definitely making … Continue reading Winter Prompts
Guess who once again forgot what day it was and is posting a day late? This lady. I try to write them the night before by the latest, but since I've been working from home off and on my days are all messed up. I realized it was Monday by 2 in the afternoon and … Continue reading Holidays Are Hard This Year
We've spent thirty days writing as many words as we could, hoping we'd reach 50K words. Now it's December, we've either reached our word count or are no where near. I know that the actual website for NaNoWriMo has a "Now What?" tab but they focus more on those who've finished their novel and are … Continue reading What to Do After #NaNoWriMo
We're at the final push. For some, the struggle has already finished, but for others, there is still a final crunch to get those last few thousand words (or even 10K words depending on how things went this month). Some have already given up and that's okay too. Today, I want to keep this post … Continue reading #NaNoWriMo: Words of Encouragement
Sorry for the delay! This holiday week has been a mess for me! Every year I hear the same things from new NaNoWriMo participants. Everything they're writing is terrible. They hate every word. None of it is good. They get discouraged and stall, trying to write something better moving forward. I want to tell every … Continue reading #NaNoWriMo: Quantity Over Quality
One of my worst habits is that I can't keep habits. I have to be honest, even though I'm not always proud of what I've posted on this site, me posting every week is the most consistent, habit-forming thing I've done in years. And 2020 didn't make habit forming that much easier. Trust me, I … Continue reading #NaNoRebel: Habits
