I know, I know. This is actually check-in #7, but I was lazy and running behind last week so the usual post didn’t happen. These days, it feels like I set goals for myself so that I can have the pleasure–ha!–of breaking them later. But for good reasons, I swear! My initial goal for April […]
Check-In #6: Spring Writing Boot Camp Read More »
Another slow-ish week, but since I kind of saw this one coming I’m not going to complain too much. Finishing edits for one of my CPs kind of feels like a huge accomplishment in and of itself. I’m glad all the time I put in on those this week paid off. I did manage to
Check-In #5: Spring Writing Boot Camp Read More »
This week’s update is going to be a quick one, as I continue my trend of alternating good productivity followed by total uselessness. Did not meet my big goal for the end of the month, which was to finish my revisions for Facing the Music. I’m disappointed, but I’m not that surprised either. I was
Check-In #4: Spring Writing Boot Camp Read More »
After the great computer muddle from hell, I seem to have gotten back on track. One of the thing goals I’d been dying to accomplish this week was to get more drafting done. And man oh man, did I ever! For at least a week and a half I’ve been languishing on chapter five in
Check-In #3: Spring Writing Boot Camp Read More »
About a month ago, I blogged about creativity as a muscle and how my own personal slump had left me empty and unable to be productive. I’ve let that post sit far longer than I meant to, but for once my reasons were good ones. There are still some health issues in the works–mostly physical,
Toning the Writing Muscle Read More »
So, we can just pretend this last week never happened, right? Right? We’ve all agreed that last week was polluted water under a bridge that you’ve just blown up? Just me? Oh. Okay. I had the best of intentions, I really did. Monday and Tuesday weren’t 1k or more word count days, but there was
Check-In #2: Spring Writing Boot Camp Read More »
I’ve already mentioned signing up for the YA Buccaneers Spring Writing Boot Camp, and I talked about my goals here. Since we’re already a week and a half or so in, it’s time for my first official update. My March goals are to finish editing Facing the Music, first and foremost, and to continue drafting
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I know I’ve been talking a bunch on this blog about how challenging it has been for me to get back in the writing groove, and how hard I’m working to push myself so that I can get back up to speed and meet some of the goals I’ve set for myself. Even though
A Motivational Kick in the Pants Read More »
Over the course of the past few months, I’ve mentioned in a handful of other blog posts that 2013 was a slow writing year for me. That I struggled to get words down on paper or come up with coherent story ideas or stay passionate about anything I was working on. What I haven’t discussed
Story Slump: Losing Your Creative Muscle Read More »
Some days I think that I shouldn’t post anything about potential new WIPs on this blog until I can be certain I’ll stick with them. Some days I think talking about new story ideas is the way to get myself to stick with them. Sometimes I’m certain that my new MS is going to be
Wrestling Doubt: An Intervention Read More »