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
Let me start with the obvious. Writing is hard. There is no amount of practice or preparation that would make writing easier. Take it from me, the woman who spent two whole months plotting an entire story only to write less than 10K about it before abandoning hope. It doesn't mean it's not possible, it's … Continue reading The Holiday Writing Slump
Hi. You still alive out there? Can you still feel your fingers or are they too cramped up? I get it. 50K is a lot in one month. So did you make it? Did you write more than you expected or less? Are you happy? Or are you disappointed? There seems to be only two … Continue reading NaNo 2019 Review
This week, in the US, is Thanksgiving. It can be both a great time to catch up on writing and an absolutely terrible time to catch up on writing. Most years I would say it's an easy time for me. I would spend time with my parents and sister, eat too much, and write. There … Continue reading NaNo and Family
Ever been just thoroughly stuck in your novel? NaNoWriMo is a notorious time for everything you've been planning to just disappear. It's like all of your prep work was a beautiful dream and about half way through November you get woken up by your loud alarm clock and forget everything. I touched on what you … Continue reading Using Your Resources
It's already day four of NaNoWriMo and if you're still on the fence, if you started on the first and immediately petered out, it's not too late. Man stressfully looking at computer provided by Tim Gouw I know. It's hard to keep going sometimes. You started but lost your mojo right away or you don't … Continue reading It’s Not Too Late to Join NaNoWriMo
