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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Now What?
On Sunday I finished the first draft of Fated to Darkness and since then...I have felt like a lost puppy. I've sat on my desk chair spinning in a circle because I haven't known what to work on. I'm so used to working on FtD for so long now that it feels weird to not … Continue reading Now What?
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
Indecisiveness
What do you do when you have a topic(s) to talk about but you have no idea how to start? Do you just start rambling and hope it brings you along to tie everything together? Or do you hit the ground running and see how much it may or may not suck, and/or work out? That's … Continue reading Indecisiveness
The Clock’s Ticking
I'm running out of time. There are eleven days left to the first Camp NaNo of 2016 and I have completely fallen apart. I don't think I burned myself out on writing, I just...don't have any heart or motivation to write right now. I was doing really good and then as always emotions got in the way … Continue reading The Clock’s Ticking
Planning Ahead
I am really bad at planning ahead. Okay, wait, let me rephrase that: I am quite capable of planning ahead, I do it a lot. In fact, I planned out how my entire year was going to go goal wise and writing wise. What I'm really bad at is seeming to stick to that. Either … Continue reading Planning Ahead
New Month, New Start
Yeah, I know, it sounds so cliché, but that's essentially what it boils down to anymore. January actually went pretty decent for me, for once. I got through some journaling, got all my goals and such set up, made a tentative time frame that I believe I can work with for the rest of the … Continue reading New Month, New Start
One Thing at a Time, One Step at a Time
So earlier I sat down to try to work out my thoughts better on the goals I made for 2o16. I journaled it out, going into more detail on what I would need to accomplish them, and the type of time frames I could be looking at. (Seriously, journaled isn't a word according to auto-correct? Well, … Continue reading One Thing at a Time, One Step at a Time
Journal Your Heart Out
How many of you writers out there journal as well? A few of you? A lot of you? I do at least. I find that sometimes it just helps to get everything flowing again, or that it helps to just clear what's on your mind so that you can focus on writing your novel, story, … Continue reading Journal Your Heart Out
