The Evil Day Job and writing don't always mix nicely, especially when you work in soul-sucking retail. Sometimes it seems impossible to be able to unplug from work and find time, or energy, to write once you make it home -- hopefully in one piece. And other times...it really is impossible. I am going to hate myself … Continue reading Gearing Up For Camp NaNo
Camp NaNoWriMo
Declaring A Win And A Completion
Camp NaNoWriMo April 2017 WINNER!!! That's right. I managed to pull off the win on the very last day of Camp. As predicted, after the long work week I had, I totally blew getting anything done on Saturday. So come Sunday I was up and writing from the moment I woke up to get that … Continue reading Declaring A Win And A Completion
Final Days and Final Chapters
This is it. In more ways than one. The final days of Camp NaNo are here. Only three days left to write to get the win. Now is the time to push hard and commit yourself to losing sleep if you still have a long way to go. (I'm not the only one who does … Continue reading Final Days and Final Chapters
Five More Days
Five more days. There's just five more days left to the first Camp NaNoWriMo of 2017. Remember on Friday I had said I had a huge writing sprint of 8.2k words and had caught up to par and even surpassed it again, even finishing the chapter I was on? Remember that I was excited and … Continue reading Five More Days
Gaining Momentum
We are officially in the home stretch of April's Camp NaNo madness. Only nine days left. Yesterday the site officially announced that validating had begun, and to those who don't follow NaNoWriMo that means that there's no more changing your goal. It is set in stone now so if you're slacking, you better light a fire under your butt and … Continue reading Gaining Momentum
Could’ve, Should’ve…Didn’t
How do you write a blog post when you have absolutely nothing writing related to talk about? The answer is I don't know, but I guess I'll figure it out as I go because that's exactly what I'm doing right now. You would think that because I've had the last four straight days off work … Continue reading Could’ve, Should’ve…Didn’t
Falling in the Black
Camp is...sucking. And right now that's putting it lightly. So far nothing this month has really gone to plan, or even close to how I had hoped it would. The last several days are no exception to that trend. Exhaustion has been my constant companion since Tuesday's work shift. I have trudged through the last … Continue reading Falling in the Black
Struggling Through Camp
You know what's a major distraction from writing? Sunshine. Warm weather. Eighty degree weather. An all around beautiful day in which it is too nice to stay inside with your butt glued to a chair writing. I had all the plans in the world to take my day off yesterday and just write. Simply go dark … Continue reading Struggling Through Camp
Sleepless Tangents And The 100 Word Trick
!DUE TO A LACK OF SLEEP, THIS BLOG POST HAS BEEN CANCELLED! Just kidding. No it hasn't. A friend dropped that line to my exhausted self when I had no idea how to start this post and I had to use it. For real though, I am running on less than two hours of sleep as I write this so … Continue reading Sleepless Tangents And The 100 Word Trick
Camp Creatures And Eureka! Moments
Happy Camp NaNoWriMo! The first plunge into madness for 2017 has finally begun! Hooray! I'll be honest, I'm quite a fan of the banners and icons they have for Camp this year. They even named some creatures to pertain to writing and novels. Like the infamous, abundant Plot Bunny pictured above on the banner. I'm not … Continue reading Camp Creatures And Eureka! Moments
