…is definitely a thing I’m lacking. That funk I wrote about back in February is lingering longer than I expected. It’s improved in that I don’t have that “running on empty” feeling anymore. Just the same, my motivation has really been lacking. […]
When I was in elementary school, they tried to teach us the importance of editing and drafts in writing. They’d make us write a rough draft, then edit it for a second draft, and then another round of editing to produce our […]
To my great relief, February is over. I know March still isn’t great for a lot of people, but for myself I can feel things changing. My sleep is still not great, I’m not going out with friends as much as I […]
By the time Sunday rolls around, I’ll have some idea of what I’m going to write about for this blog. I’ve never had a true plan or outline for my posts, but something will happen and I’ll think to myself “there’s a […]
February is, in my mind, the worst month. I don’t care that it’s the shortest, I just count that as the tiniest of blessings in this otherwise inexcusable misery of a time period. It doesn’t matter that the light is starting to […]
I buckled down this week and started reviewing one of my alpha reader’s suggestions and edits for my novel. One of the things I had to figure out was how, exactly, I’m going to approach this. The book is long, and I […]
I’m not a person who sets New Year’s resolutions. I used to, and they invariably failed. A single failure or setback on the road to some lofty goal, and I immediately fall into despair that I’m not good enough. The goal then […]
I’ve always wished I was an artist, of the drawing or painting type. My mind is filled with visions of beautiful things, but I’ve never had the talent or patience to learn to create them. What comes out on paper is always […]
At the end of October, I told you all that I was done dithering, and committed to getting my novel in front of my selected alpha readers by the end of November. It’s now November 27, and it’s time I got moving. […]