It’s 2023. I always reach this point and want to laugh at how I thought I was on my way “up” after a few hard years of falling down, but this year I can say I did at least climb …
The Essence of Green for 2020-2021 Transition
Farewell, 2020. Part of me want’s to leave that there and just jump to 2021, but 2020 was a big year for my personal development – mostly in the last 3 months of the year, but it all counts. Also, …
#Milwordy & my Tracking Challenge
It’s Friday evening. September is already in full-swing and I still haven’t quite processed this year so far. But one thing which has shifted in the past few months is my focus on writing and creativity. If you’re new to …
Revising a Novel Manuscript [Commitments & Planning]
It’s mid-July. I have officially written a total of 1,000 words this YEAR. And this weekend, I finally feel ready to step back into storycraft. The Decision I can’t really explain what has shifted, except that my desire to write …
NaNo17 :: The Myth of the Tiny Cactus
In November 2016, I became involved in the local NaNoWriMo community. I attended local write-ins, and joined a Discord server to chat with others in my timezone/area about how they were progressing. There were 3-4 specific people who seemed to …
Ready Player 3: Character Swapping for Fun and Profit
Today we have a guest post from Ellie Di Julio; author of the Forgotten Relics series, about how she picked point of view characters in her latest book. I’m going to let you in on a little authorly secret. Ready? When …