Hey again, everyone! So… I know I said I would update my website more regularly. And I've… not been doing great about that. I'm sorry, guys. It's been an eventful few months; I'll try to catch you up to speed. I did win NaNoWriMo, so that was awesome! The book I wrote then is now … Continue reading So I’m bad at regular updates
Author: lee-writes-stuff
NaNoWriMo Update
Hey guys! It is currently November, also known in the writing community as National Novel Writing Month, wherein writers attempt to write 1,667 words per day, to end up with 50,000 by the end of the month. In other news, I'm exhausted and very stressed. My work in progress currently has 17,162 words as of … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update
National Novel Writing Month
Hey everyone! Happy Halloween and happy fall! I hope you're all enjoying your sweater weather, hot cocoas, school year stress, and spooky movies. And the upcoming chaos that is November. If you don't know what that means, let me explain. November is known as National Novel Writing Month, in which many authors challenge themselves to … Continue reading National Novel Writing Month
Announcement time
Hey everyone! So, I know I've been absolutely awful at remembering to update this blog, and I do promise that I'm trying to do better about it. The next post I upload will be writing-related, I swear. But I just need to tell you about something that's been sort of dominating my life for the … Continue reading Announcement time
Impromptu hiatus– status update
Hey guys! This isn't gonna be a very long post; I just wanted to apologise for the accidental hiatus that I took from the blog. I was having a really rough time mentally and writing-wise, and then I went away for a few weeks and had very limited internet access. The point is, I'm back … Continue reading Impromptu hiatus– status update
Submissions
Guess who's decided to stop giving a fuck about politics and start concentrating on their writing???? Not me. Definitely not. Whoever that is, I admire and fear them, but they are not me. That being said, I know that I can't let my fears about the impending collapse of the world stop my work, because … Continue reading Submissions
What do we do now?
Welp. The AHCA (better known as TrumpCare) passed the House. What the hell are we supposed to do now?
Stress
I was originally going to call this post "Lee is always depressed and anxious and crying and a complete useless wreck who wants to die," but that title was too long. So instead, I decided to keep it pretty simple. Stress! What's more relatable than being stressed? What author hasn't experienced the nail-biting, lip-chewing, lying-awake-at-night-staring-at-the-ceiling-in-a-panic … Continue reading Stress
Help! My Book Is Too Short
I know that the general tendency of authors is to write too much on a first draft. It's entirely understandable; you want to get all of your thoughts down on paper, so you just pour out all of the words that come into your head and then pick out the good ones later. However, there … Continue reading Help! My Book Is Too Short
Keeping Going
There's been a lot of talk in the writing community in particular and the world in general about how to keep going when things get miserable and the world as we know it starts to crumble against the repeated assaults of authoritarian fascism and the increasing courage of racist, misogynistic bigots. (Yes, I'm one of … Continue reading Keeping Going
