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November is over, meaning National Novel Writing Month has concluded. As mentioned in my last post, I hit the word count goal of 50 thousand words on November 16th, so I "won" NaNoWriMo pretty early on. In that post, I wrote about trying to hit 100 thousand words by the end of the month as... Continue Reading →
So, before we get into my NaNoWriMo updates, I want to make a correction. In my last blog post, I mentioned that this was the first time since 2019 that I was participating in NaNo. That wasn't true. I did, in fact, participate in NaNo in 2020. I wrote over 73 thousand words in November... Continue Reading →
For the first time since 2019, I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month this year. For those not as immersed in the online writing community as I am, National Novel Writing Month is an annual event in November, where writers challenge themselves to write fifty thousand words of a novel over thirty days. For more... Continue Reading →
made with Canva It took a bit longer than I'd hoped, but I have finally finished the polishing pass for The Storm Weaver's Daughters, and it is ready to go to beta readers. For those of you who aren't as deeply immersed in the writing world and its jargon as I am and have no... Continue Reading →
After three years of slogging through the revisions on "The Pirate Novel" - as I have referred to it most often - I have finally finished draft two of the novel currently known as The Storm Weaver's Daughters (this is its third title so who know what it'll actually end up being called once all's... Continue Reading →
I took October off in order to recover from the stress of my September submission challenge and travels. I also caught a cold in mid-October, and I decided it was best to rest and relax so that I don't burn myself out before the end of the year. I'm happy to report that I succeeded... Continue Reading →
I'm a bit behind the ball on this post, but I'm excited to announce that my haiku, "Ordinary," was published on October 15th as part of issue 46 of Eye to the Telescope. The theme of this issue is "Quests," and the prompt was to write a poem focusing on one part of the Hero's... Continue Reading →
I feel as though I'm truly starting to find a good balance between my work life, my writing life, and my home life. I don't feel like I've bitten off more than I can chew as I've been setting myself up for success with manageable goals. When August ended, I didn't feel the need to... Continue Reading →
July was a good writing/publishing month for me: I had two stories published, one original and one reprint; I won a literary award; and I was solicited to submit a short story to a magazine. I also became eligible to apply for full SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association) membership which has been a... Continue Reading →
I feel as though I've finally started to strike a good balance between work, life, and writing, so I think I'm ready to start making public goals again. When I previously worked full-time, I would write in 15-minute spurts before and after work and during my lunch break. This was an extremely productive strategy for... Continue Reading →
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