You would think that finishing a novel of 80,000 words and months, if not years, of work would be more exciting. Not usually, no. It feels like finishing a huge exam in school, or finally passing on a project at work. You get that rush of accomplishment followed by an echoing emptiness of "what now?"… Continue reading Finishing a novel is anticlimactic
I make no secret here that I am 100% a mood reader. I choose books based off of what I'm feeling that day or week. Before I came to terms with this I would start books and then just abruptly stop reading them about halfway through. (I still do this sometimes...) That was a huge… Continue reading Mood reading spiked my reading pace
I always thought that I needed a deadline to get things done. But, it couldn't be a self-imposed deadline. It had to be a real deadline with real consequences. For the most part, this is still very true. I'm motivated to be productive by the idea that somebody else is waiting for what I'm working… Continue reading Self-imposed accountability doesn’t work for me. The deadline has to be real.
Oh my goodness what a month. From starting a new job and adjusting to a new schedule to trying to keep up with my serial posting schedule, a lot has been in progress while I had to take a break from the blog. My serial on Radish Fiction is live and currently releasing new episodes… Continue reading Progress and Plans
I've had a heck of a March. From a sudden lay off from my job to grinding every day to find a new job, I was exhausted emotionally. I suddenly had all of this time to do my writing, but when I would sit down it was like a wall formed to keep all of… Continue reading Sometimes change puts creativity on pause
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