A dream, a story, a journey
Redundant? Probably. But REALITY for all writers? I'd bet a lot of things, yes. I am still trying to figure out if there's a better way to dive into revising, or if rather there's a way to make the process more of a "process" with a thing to do first and then a thing to... Continue Reading →
I've found myself questioning the timeline of when and how those artists, writers, entertainers, YouTubers, etc. that I admire started living into their passions. For instance, we were watching The Labyrinth the other night (a VERY special movie for my husband and I) and as I was watching David Bowie sing Dance Magic Dance, I... Continue Reading →
I just finished my first quarter of 2019-2020, and it was awesome! Not because I completed the goals as I set them at the beginning of the quarter, but because I realigned my goals to give more time and focus to the ones that will get me closer to querying. Originally, I thought that during... Continue Reading →
Whenever my oldest daughter and I are in the car together, when she doesn't want to talk about her latest craft idea or friend question or life question, we listen to Harry Potter on Audible. We're currently in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. As we were driving home the other day we were... Continue Reading →
In the morning, when I'm tired and it's easy to lose myself scrolling through my phone, it's the choice to open a book from the genre I'm writing to and read. In the afternoon, when I've already made lunch for my girls and/or prepped for dinner and it's easy to eat the rest of their... Continue Reading →
A few things inspired me to think about this in the last couple of weeks. The first was that my husband and his buddies made their debut for family and friends as Rough Draft, playing songs for us at a backyard barbecue that they've been jamming on for well over a year. SO fun! The... Continue Reading →
So, here's a fun thing. I have 20,000 words to write this month. I've scheduled out the days I can write, and what my approximate word count for each of those sessions on those days should be to hit that goal. The second day I was tracking, I went to check my word count. -104. ... Continue Reading →
So. I'm happily going along, revising SB, reviewing all the feedback I've received, when I notice a circle on the word count on a draft. Then a note about word count on another draft. And then, my brain remembers a conversation from one of our peer critique sessions, when a friend remarked that I should... Continue Reading →
This week my family and I went to one of our favorite places on earth: the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Or, as my youngest calls them, the "big mountains." She's decided that Pack Monadnock, which is not far from our town, is the "little mountain." On our way to the Big Mountains we stopped... Continue Reading →
