I’m sad to say that I continue to struggle with motivation and creativity. I realized earlier this week that I’ve missed two blog entries, when I thought I only missed one, and I can’t even say why I missed the second one. […]
Obviously, it’s not actually Groundhog Day. I’m a bit late on that if we want to be technical. But I’m feeling like it’s Groundhog Day in the movie sense, in that we’ve gotten to the end of February and here I am […]
I’ve written a lot in the last year about trying to achieve consistency in my editing and the mental health struggles that complicate the process. Thanks to a great convention experience in October and an editing reboot in November with NaNoWriMo, I […]
I’m extremely pleased to report that I’ve maintained my daily editing habit this week. Progress is slow, as I’m still finding editing and re-writing to be a much more difficult and clunky process than just writing, but progress is being made. My […]
I wish I could say that this past week was full of inspiration and victories in the wake of my convention in Ottawa and receiving the new anthology I was published in. Unfortunately, it was another week of feeling too drained and […]
So here we are at blog entry #50. It’s been a little over a year now that I’ve been updating this site. If I’m honest, I’m surprised I’ve gotten this far with it. My track record with consistency in any kind of […]
Those who have been following me for a while might remember that last year I participated in an event to write and edit a complete short story in 24 hours. A book was published with the stories from all the participants, including […]
Every week I sit down to write this entry and wish I could tell you that this is the week everything came together again and I’m back on track. Unsurprisingly, it’s not that easy. I am, however, happy to say that I […]
I’m happy to say that my strategy worked. In an effort to get myself writing/editing again, I told myself last week that I just had to work on a single sentence and that would be enough. It took me a day longer […]
If I’m counting correctly (and it’s possible I’m not), this is my 40th blog entry. I’m happy to say that this site has become a more consistent, and therefore more successful, endeavour than I anticipated. Thanks to everyone who’s been following along […]