Hey all! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I've got my usual gamut of excuses, and I'm not gonna bore you with them. Suffice it to say, summer has been busy for me. Which brings me to the topic of today's post: keeping writing when you're crazy busy. Clearly, it's a challenge for … Continue reading Busy Days
Hey everyone! So, I am by no means the first or only person to do this, and I'm sure that others have been far more eloquent on this topic than my baby self can be. But this is an absolutely essential thing to talk about, and given that it's Mental Health Awareness Month, now seems … Continue reading Mental Health and Writing
What? A writing post? On this blog?? How long has it been?! Yeah. I'm sorry, guys. Like I said in my last post, I'm gonna do my darndest about the whole updating thing, and hopefully those updates will begin to talk about writing every now and again. Maybe. Let's start with this: what does one do … Continue reading Rewriting
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
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
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
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
