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
It's week two! NaNoWriMo is in full swing across the globe. I, once again, am behind, but at this point I think it's a character trait. A lot has gone on in my home front...plus I live in the United States and boy was that election (this election since it's technically not quite over) a … Continue reading What to Track When Rebelling
Welcome to October or better yet! Welcome to Preptober! This is the month long challenge of getting ready for NaNoWriMo. Us writers like to create so many challenges because that's what forces us to write. At least that's the truth for me. Preptober can be an overwhelming month. I've spent weeks upon weeks trying to … Continue reading Some of my #Preptober Youtuber Faves
By the title you might think I've gone crazy. Either you understand what I'm talking about it or you don't and you think I'm just babbling. Kate Cavanaugh, one of my favorite authortubers, announced earlier this month that starting...well, tomorrow...she would be writing one million words in a year. Crazy. I know. But also brilliant. … Continue reading Half-a-Milwordy Challenge
It's been a rocky 6 months. I wanted to do something like this since June but I was still wrestling with job loss and just the general feel of 2020 so far. I always like to revisit my resolutions to better focus on ones that I'm not doing great on. But this year felt more … Continue reading Revisiting my 2020 Resolutions
Welcome to July. We've made it this far! I'm proud of us. Today is one of those days that happen when I get busy. When life starts moving forward at a thousand miles an hour. I'm sitting at my desk at work waiting for the day to begin and be trampled with a hundred things … Continue reading Can I Call Myself A Writer?
I love short stories. I love how concise they are. I love how you can just enjoy them in an afternoon. They are easy to recommend them to a friend because it's not a time suck. If they don't like the story it didn't take long and they weren't that invested. But I find them … Continue reading Why Short Stories Are Hard to Write (For Me)
I spent weeks praising my work and saying I was blessed beyond compare, but that changed quickly middle of last week. I got brought into the office and told there wasn't enough work to keep me. I packed up my things (left my pens by accident and I'm still bugged about that) and went on … Continue reading Writer’s Self Care
Preface: I know I totally talked about platonic love last week and said that romantic love wasn't everything. That still reigns true, but sometimes you get characters that fall in love. It happens. Second preface: I have been out of the dating game for like 2 years so I don't understand it anymore. Like legit … Continue reading Writing Prompt: Character “Dating Profiles”
Day six of the new year. I actually waited until I wrote this post to make any resolutions. As I stated last year, I'm going about resolutions differently than most. And it worked out pretty well. I created concrete resolutions and some vague growth resolutions. And I made sure I created more than one resolution...because … Continue reading 2020 New Year’s Resolutions
