Writer. Dog enthusiast. Velociraptor masquerading as a human female.
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 →
Before we get into what I want to achieve this month, let's look at what I managed to get done in June. You can read my post with my June 2022 Goals here. I wanted to submit one short story a week during June, and I did. It felt a bit weird to get back... 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 →
Rather than recap everything I've been up to since October (it's been a bit hectic), I'm just going to start off with a clean slate and jump right into what I want to accomplish in March this year. As usual, I'll be breaking my goals down into the following categories: Writing, Reading, Social, and Household.... Continue Reading →
For some reason, I'm feeling particularly excited about October this year. I do love Halloween, but I don't usually feel this level of excitement for it. Maybe it's because for the first time in my life, I'm in my own house and I can decorate it however I want to (this is going to be... Continue Reading →
30 Submissions. 27 Days. 25 Markets. 17 Stories. 14 Rejections. These are the numbers for my September Submission challenge this year. As in previous years, the goal was to submit 30 times in 30 days. Last year I submitted 31 times over 29 days, but I'm not competing with my past self, so I'm not... Continue Reading →
It's already August 2021? How? How did July pass so quickly when it was excruciating? Filled with apathy, self-doubt, malaise. I'll chalk it up to pandemic fatigue, wallowing in the heartache of knowing that it's probably going to be at least another year before I can see my family in person again. And the frustration... Continue Reading →
Now that I've moved and finished revising and submitting my novella, I'm going to try to get back into the habit of writing these monthly accountability posts. But what exactly is it that I want to accomplish during the month of July? I don't have any big deadlines or major things to prepare for coming... Continue Reading →
Hello. Good to see you. I feel like it's been a while. I've been at the wars, fighting adverbs into submission, hunting down those insidious "thats", "justs", "reallys" and all those other filler words that weasel their ways into first drafts. It's been a time. I was working on revising the novella I wrote for... Continue Reading →
Seeing as January's on the way out, I suppose it's past time for me to do my end of 2020 blog posts. I haven't really wanted to blog. I reached the end of 2020 and didn't feel like I'd accomplished anything worth sharing even though I know that's not true. Despite everything going on with... Continue Reading →
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