Living and Writing…One Adventure at a Time
So, if anyone saw my Facebook post the other day you’ll know that my editing is not going as smoothly as I would have liked. I knew the later chapters would be rough, but I had hoped that my earlier chapters would be better because I had spent some time editing those as I finished […]
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I wanted this out earlier in the day, but I came down with some sort of 24-hour stomach bug. Everyone knows that those usually end up with you having an intimate day with your bathroom floor. Anyhow, I did manage to get myself to the print store before it closed last night and got the […]
Read MoreI can’t say that writing has failed me so much as my writing hand has failed me. I had a bad fall on a hike a little less than two weeks ago and I’m still in a brace. I guess it was a good thing I finished my first draft when I did because it […]
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I haven’t enjoyed my writing in weeks. I’m not ashamed of saying this, I simply see it more as a fact of where my writing is right now. I posted some time ago that I thought I was coming close to finishing this draft of my novel, but it turned out to be I had […]
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I wasn’t the best English student in high school. I simply wasn’t. I was more interested in theatre and making up my own stories in my head. I wasn’t part of journalism, and it honestly didn’t interest me. I was a weird kid, and I’m still pretty weird today. I was the kid who turned […]
Read MoreI saw an Instagram post some time ago that said something to the effect of “self-care isn’t ridiculous when you’re the CEO, the coffee/errand girl, and everything in between”. Obviously taking breaks when you’re stressed and overtired can be wonderful when trying to start up a business. It may not seem like you have the […]
Read MoreIf you follow me on Facebook, you might have already seen this news, but just in case, I found out over the weekend that a short story I submitted is getting published! I’m over the moon excited because I had sort of assumed that I hadn’t been accepted because I hadn’t heard anything for a […]
Read MoreSweaty fingers hover anxiously over computer keys. The harried writer rereads the work yet again. Is she within the word count? Are the font, line spacing, and header as requested? Better check that one sentence to make sure it isn’t a comma splice. Ready? Ready as she’ll ever be. Submit.
Read MoreThere are times when I’m looking at my writing and I truly think that I can’t spend one more minute with it. Be it the characters, the setting, or the plot nothing interests me anymore. So I break up with it. I shove it in a drawer and try to forget about all the good […]
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It’s seriously 2 AM and I’m just getting around to writing this. This is what happens when I have zero concentration during the daytime… Below are five mini-epiphanies that I stumbled upon during my past week of writing. Sometimes I have these same thoughts multiple times during the week, or I’ll have these same thoughts multiple […]
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