This was originally posted on an old blog of mine: whenshescribblesblog.wordpress.com Based on a prompt set by @dialogue-prompts on tumblr: “I’m fine.” “I know you’re not, you don’t have to-” “I’m fine! Ok!? Can you just leave it please!?”
Read MoreOriginally posted on my old blog: ourwaragainstreality.wordpress.con This was also posted my website, blog and Tumblr. A lot has been going on for me lately; personally, academically, online and mentally. Those of you who know me from Wattpad know that I posted a new short story collection on Wattpad, then
Read MorePreviously published on my old blog: ourwaragainstreality.wordpress.com Someone in a Facebook group I’m a part of asked a question recently. She was wondering whether we used italics ‘to empathize a word or a thought.’ Her comment was met with mixed thoughts especially from all of us, so I want to
Read MoreOriginally posted on an old blog of mine: ourwaragainstreality.wordpress.com I’ve been exploring blogs that are geared towards writers and writing, these are a few of the best that I’ve run across. These blogs are filled with amazing wells of information and run by some pretty neat people who take time
Read MoreI saw a post on Tumblr talking about removing ‘extra’ words from your writing and it sparked this post. I’ve been seeing a lot of these posts on Tumblr, by well-meaning writers on how to make your writing look professional and clean. Objections to each and every post have boiled
Read MoreI did the Caffeine Challenge this afternoon! The Caffeine Challenge is a one-hour writing warm-up hosted by caffeinewitchcraft on Tumblr. Basically we’re given a prompt and then we all have to write for an hour. I was inspired by one of the prompts that I was sure I could fit
Read MoreOriginally posted on my old blog: whenshescribblesblog.wordpress.com 2016. An incredible year. For some of us 2016 was amazing; for others it was terrible and stressful; and for some it was: ‘meh.’ I meant to start this scribble a long while ago and post it on New Year’s Eve but I
Read MoreBoth myWriteClub and Pacemaker are amazing resources if you’re trying to set a goal, with a deadline, and stick to it. Both of them are websites that give up the capability to set a goal of a certain amount of words by a certain time (e.g. 50,000 words by November
Read MoreIt’s the last day of NaNoWriMo. Some of us have finished and are writing on, others are finishing, some have given up and some of us are still plodding on with our stories even though we have no chance of finishing in time. No matter where you are I’d like
Read MoreI don’t have much to say this week as we enter the last three precious days of the month. All of my words have been eaten by NaNoWriMo and it’s beginning to take a bit of a toll on my mind. I’m exhausted. On the plus side, my typing fingers
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