I’m an all or nothing kind of person. I like to be busy, I’m always open to learning new skills or trying new things, and I’m usually working one more than one project at a time. Boredom is a rare and unsettling feeling for me, because I always have something that I know I could […]
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Although I already blogged about my initial introduction to Wordsmith Workshops and Retreat here, I believe I owe you all an update on the experience itself. 🙂 (Spoiler alert: It was AWESOME.) I’ve only been back in my real life for a little over a week now, but I am more inspired and energized by
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The #1 reason why I decided to pursue a writing career was because writing made me happy. Even when I was stuck re-plotting chapters or re-working entire character POVs, I was enjoying myself. I still had my eye on the prize of being published–because it has always been a lifelong dream of mine to see
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The first time I heard about Wordsmith Workshops was back in November, right around the halfway point of NaNoWriMo when writing feels like more of a struggle than it’s really worth. Part retreat and part workshop series, Wordsmith is a small writer gathering run by YA authors Beth Revis and Cristin Terrill. They offer workshops
What I enjoy the most about making New Years Resolutions is the way they help me to hone my focus for the year ahead, to spend less time worrying about things that don’t matter and more energy on the things that do. In 2015, I made a couple goal-oriented resolutions and a couple resolutions geared
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Here is my 2015 version of Jamie at the Perpetual Page Turner’s awesome end of year book survey. I had so much fun doing this last year, and I encourage anyone out there who wants to compile their own reading review to give it a shot. My survey is missing the blogging/bookish life section again,
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Hello again! I had the best of intentions re: regular blogging in 2015, so I’m a little chagrined that my last post is from August. (August! Has it really been that long?) Although I don’t delude myself into thinking that there’s a large group of you out there, wondering why this blog went dead for
For the first time since 2012, I have won Camp NaNoWriMo! My MS is nowhere near finished, and a chunk of the words that I wrote toward completing my monthly goal have already ended up in my Cut file, but who cares? A victory is still a victory. What helped me the most this month
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Amnesia Conspiracy, that is, which is the working title for my WIP. I’ve previously blogged here about how I changed my planning methods for the purposes of this MS, and I mentioned in that same post that the actual drafting process would be “more of an experiment than most.” And since I’ve been drafting Amnesia
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Because I’ve been knee deep in revisions since, oh, mid-April, by this point. And I’ve accumulated so many reminders that drafting and revision are completely different beasts that I felt it necessary to share them. 1. Revision takes time 2. Like, lots of time. 3. If you spend three or four days tidying up one
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