writing
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Writing never has to be perfect. It does have to be understandable. A writing session can be anything from 1 word and beyond. If you wrote on your phone, you’re still a writer. Reading is inhaling, writing is exhaling. Not all days have to be writing days. Some days you can just live. Art inspires…
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Some affiliate links listed here, gotta pay the bills somehow, right? When I first began to write seriously (Ok fine, semi-seriously) at around 14, I had no smart devices or even a computer. I started writing my first novel in a spiral bound notebook with a pencil. I highly caution against that as I have…
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I can’t believe we’re in April. April, despite being the start of Spring and warmer weather, is always a horrible month for me. Not only do I have two birthdays followed by death days (yeah, those suck hardcore!), but there are several anniversaries of deaths over the last few years, birthdays of those who have…
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Well, it’s happened. I woke up to the news this morning that NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) will be no more. They’re shutting down. Part of me hopes this is an April Fools’ prank. Part of me feels like a weight is lifted from my shoulders. After the controversy in 2023, and so many more…
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Here we are in 2025! This year already feels like a breath of fresh air. A new book with 365 pages to make something with. Because 2024 was so terrible, I’ve decided I’m going to move to quarterly goals for 2025. That way, I have more time to focus on goals, more time to complete…
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Is it finally gone? Did we make it through that awful year? Ok, good. The me at the start of 2024 and the me now are two vastly different people. In 2024, before the chaos hit, I had a lot of goals I wanted to reach and projects I wanted to get done. A quick…
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I’ve always called myself a writer, ever since I started writing little short stories I never finished at 7. I’ve always used writing as an escape, from life, from homework, from friends and family. It’s taken me years (and an SSRI, and ADHD medication) to realize that wasn’t completely healthy. But when I was a…
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This year has been the most difficult year I can remember. Emotionally, I’m drained. Physically, I’m tired. Mentally, I’m frazzled. But I am on the mend. All of 2024 has been one shit show after the other, starting 6 days into the new year! Tragedy after tragedy, death after death, loss after loss. But through…
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March was a month of ups and downs. There were a lot of successes this month, but also a lot of losses and hardships. There were several events that were more important than writing and creating and that was ok. My goals this month were hit and miss in several ways, but I did what…
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Over the past few months, I’ve been playing around with my writing process and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. It’s a relatively slow process with a little bit of fine-tuning here and there between every day life. I’m doing a deep dive of my process and playing around with what works and throwing…
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February is over and gone (with an extra day even!). Thankfully, February was better than January as far as writing and creating and getting back into a routine, but not by much. There were still family and friend health issues and the usual distractions and set backs, but overall, I think February went pretty well.…
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Finally! January is over and gone. This January was simultaneously the longest month ever and gone in a flash. Between unexpected family health issues, a crazy busy month at the day job and being creatively spent, I’m so glad we’re heading into February. I’m ready for a new month and new goals. Here’s how I…
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I wrote a near 130K novel in 60 days from November 1st to December 30th. While it was a wild adventure and a wonderful flurry of words, I’m so happy I documented my progress day by day and took notice of what worked and what didn’t. It was a great experience and I would definitely…
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Here we are in 2024! A new year, with 366 (Leap Year!) new days to make things happen and reach some goals. 2023 was super productive and very successful. I hope to repeat the trend in 2024, only better because I’m taking what I learned in 2023 and refining it to better hit my goals.…
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December Results Finish To Have A Heart I finished the first draft of the novel in December! I finished a day early too! Now, it’s time to figure out what my next project is! Publish more online I have published a lot online this month. I’m happy with what I’ve accomplished over the last few…
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Writing in December usually goes one of two ways for me. I either continue on the productivity train from November, or I peter out and don’t write much at all. I’m very glad to say this year, I am still writing my project from November and making EXCELLENT progress. I want to finish this novel…
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This past week, writing has been hard. It’s after November, so the post November writing slump surprised me yet again this year. The goal was and still is to write “The End” in the novel I started in November by December 31st. The plan was to write 1.5K-2K a day until finished. But last week…
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For the longest time, I have been a discovery writer. I’ll have a vague idea of a plot and a vague idea of a character, sometimes a name and sometimes not, and then I will discovery write. At least that’s how I used to write. For several years, my writing process was that way. It…
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Here we are in the last week (and last few days!) of November. This month has been quite the creative and productive month with writing and posting on the blog (and other places). I’ve made it through approximately 25% of my novel (I started the plot a little early- more on that later) and I…