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
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Finding Topics
Blessed Summer Solstice, folks! It seems like just yesterday it was the start of spring and here we are already at the longest day of the year. I hope many of you get to enjoy the beautiful weather and extended light, I unfortunately have work. It sucks to think the days are going to start … Continue reading Finding Topics
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
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
Ready Or Not, Here Comes Camp NaNo
Does anyone remember me mentioning several times throughout the last three months that my plan was to finish Fated to Darkness before the start of Camp NaNo so I could use Camp to write Clockwork Heart? Well, regarding those plans, Camp NaNo is only three days away from starting now and... Holy shit there's only three … Continue reading Ready Or Not, Here Comes Camp NaNo
Pranks Vs. Harassment
(Warning: Some strong language ahead.) Everyone loves a good prank, right? They can be quite a laugh sometimes and all in good fun. I mean, that's what April Fool's is all about! (Well, other than the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and the sneaky leprechaun you can try to catch.) But … Continue reading Pranks Vs. Harassment
Reflecting On 2016
I've been quite absent here the past week or so. Last week was a total madhouse of things going on with the holiday season. The week before Christmas is the final and worst Hell Week when you work retail. Since I had my own things I had to finish to be ready for the holiday … Continue reading Reflecting On 2016
Four More Days
Just four more... Four more days of holiday madness and it's finally over. (Technically three since I'm off tomorrow, although I won't be able to just chill, so yeah, four more.) I'm so ready for this season to be over, I'm exhausted. Then again, as soon as this one ends I have to deal with … Continue reading Four More Days
