Merry Christmas! It’s a chilly, early morning where I am on the east coast, so digging into this for breakfast will be a nice treat. It’s like a warm chocolatey hug in a mug, and since I’m coming off the high of an all nighter that I pulled putting together
Read MoreIt’s snowing outside again(ugh), so I figured, it’s time to sit down with a cup of tea and talk about how my writing is going. My goal this month was already ridiculous. The plan was (and still is) to write 80,000 words this December. Then this past Saturday, I
Read MoreFollow my blog with Bloglovin It’s nearly mid December and the end of the year, so I’m trying to pack in as many last minute reads as I can to reach my Goodread’s reading goal of 2017 (which was a measly fifty books this year, I’m so ashamed). Raise your
Read MoreEvery November during NaNoWriMo, I test a variety of writing websites and softwares, particularly those that are online. They’re run through their paces as I pull out hefty word counts in short amounts of time. Here are the pros and cons for five of the websites I tried this
Read MoreWhen it comes to writing challenges like NaNoWriMo, I’m infamous for waiting until the last minute to come up with story ideas and plans. Last year (I won with 51.8k) I was scrambling five hours before the events officially started in the East Coast, slapping together a story idea based
Read MoreBefore we start I want to say, ‘congratulations’. You wrote for thirty days, give or take a handful. You created a habit. NaNoWriMo is over, the tough part is now keeping the habit. I’m creatively drained. My head pounds a little when I think too hard about plot. My fingers
Read MoreWhen I first had the idea to write this post series, it was because I was switching my blog over to a wordpress.com site. As I was switching things over I was rereading all of my blog posts from NaNoWriMo last year. A lot of that time was spent cringing
Read MoreThe month before NaNoWriMo is always filled with writers who are doing NaNoWriMo ‘the right way’ (aka those who spend the entire month of October outlining and learning about their characters.) and writers who believe NaNoWriMo is an unforgivable act against God. They run their mouths to anyone who will
Read MoreNaNoWriMo is when a bunch of writers get together on the internet and in real life (sometimes) to write 50k (or more) during the month of November. That’s the official paraphrased definition of NaNoWriMo. The first question I always get asked is, why? Followed by, are you crazy? No – well, maybe.
Read MoreI make book covers, along with a whole slew of other small graphic design things. I wish someone had informed my of royalty-free sites when I first started designing my covers, they’ve made life so much easier. For those of you who want to get into graphic design or want
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