Remember NaNo? Well, apparently they do a spring edition (and I think a summer one too), and I guess I'm on board! I consider last year a success even though I didn't win. I completed 31,882 words over the course of the 30 days that was November 2017, and it felt pretty damn good, especially… Continue reading Here We Go Again: Camp NaNo
Category: Writing
This OnE WeIrD TrIcK Got My Motivation Back
Ew. I am SO SORRY about that title. That's awful. But it's true, there is one kinda odd thing I started doing maybe a week and a half ago that got me motivated to write more, and I'm going to share that with you now. But seriously, sorry. So I have been on a slow… Continue reading This OnE WeIrD TrIcK Got My Motivation Back
An Excerpt
Since I'll very soon be able to focus on writing and editing a trilogy of fantasy quest stories I've been working on over the last *muffled number* years, I thought I'd share a little excerpt from the first book. The series is as yet unnamed which is probably a mistake on my part, but it… Continue reading An Excerpt
The Sportball We
I love language. The trivialities of linguistics, the odd words we use, how simple semantics can change entire meanings, dialects, colloquialisms: it's all awesome (except, I admit, there are some accents that I hate, but that's a whole other thing). English is remarkably complex and word-wealthy, borrowing from so many other languages and spreading across… Continue reading The Sportball We
The Journey
So, I failed. I didn't get my latest Vacancy post out on Monday, which is a huge personal bummer, but at least I have a good excuse: WE'RE MOVING! The last week has been a whirlwind. Husband has accepted a job in a new state, we're resigning from our current jobs, working with a realtor… Continue reading The Journey
Letting Your Writing Sit
I wanted to call this post "Take A Break From Your Writing" but sometimes people just read headers, and I'd be remiss, Dear Reader, if that's all someone took away from this post. Everyone gets overwhelmed and burnt out at some point, and taking a break isn't necessarily bad, but I don't think I'd really… Continue reading Letting Your Writing Sit
Reminder: Vacancy is coming back on January 1st!
This may only be exciting for me, but I'm very proud to announce that my serial fiction is coming back starting Monday, January 1, 2018! Vacancy is a supernatural, fantasy fiction serial I began posting to the blog way back in 2016, then used as my project for NaNoWriMo 2017 and am planning to begin posting… Continue reading Reminder: Vacancy is coming back on January 1st!
Blogmas: A Haunted Holiday Pt 1
"I'll not have it this year," Lady Allerton stood stiffly in the entrance to the parlor, hands folded, chin raised just so. Her tone was light, almost pleasant, but her clenched jaw told them that she meant business. The sack of gold on the tea table didn't hurt either. "This thing," the word seemed to… Continue reading Blogmas: A Haunted Holiday Pt 1
So Close, But Still So Far
There are just nine more days of NaNo, including today. NINE. That doesn't seem like enough for 20,000 more words, but it really needs to be because ya girl is BEHIND. On the plus side, this is the farthest I've ever come. I'm still excited about what I'm writing, I'm confident it can be edited… Continue reading So Close, But Still So Far
Day 7
It's been seven days of NaNo. This is exhausting, but I'm able to actually keep up the pace. How? I've got a lot of support behind me this time. People alongside me, working their butts off and being inspiring, people supporting me and letting me bounce ideas off of them. It's making writing feel like… Continue reading Day 7
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