A DREAM – A STORY – A JOURNEY
When life gets crazy, fall back to the journal. I've said it before: it is a safe place to go when all else is complicated and out of reach. And this week definitely qualified as such. The week consisted of an impromptu travel excursion and three of our four family members falling prey to a... Continue Reading →
There's a tension and an anticipation unlike any I've felt yet with this next step. I've spent so much time focusing on my writing, bettering my craft, revising, writing more, revising more, making goals, and it's all for this. I am going to send my first official query letter in a matter of weeks. It's... Continue Reading →
The story idea that I was hit with at the conference is in Scrivener and the playlist I made is a powerful soundtrack. Each song carries a memory or emotion that engulfs me, tumbling me along until I surface only to be swallowed again by the next one. I know as I write that those... Continue Reading →
When I come back from a conference where I've spent close to 16 hours for multiple days in a row working, socializing, thinking, etc, I crash. Hard. I spent the first couple of days this week unpacking both my suitcase and my mind, and fighting the urge (sometimes unsuccessfully) to pass out on my couch... Continue Reading →
This week and weekend were devoted to preparing for and participating in the NESCBWI Spring Conference. I attended the full weekend and it was phenomenal! I love this conference because I always leave inspired by the people I meet, the workshops I take, and the feedback I receive. I'm also inspired by the bravery it... Continue Reading →
Lessons from this past week. Spring Break vacation week with a nine and a three-year-old at home means not much "big" work gets done. 😑 BUT, while there is not enough time to get into revising and big work with the nine and three-year-old at home all day all week, to-do lists and small tasks... Continue Reading →
I started to dig into revising SB this week. I actually decided to revise the last chapter in the manuscript first. At first, I had this chapter as a something that occurred four years after the story ended, but after my critique partner's notes and thinking about my main character, I realized that wasn't right... Continue Reading →
There's a beautifully balanced point between getting the work done that needs to be done before moving on to the next stage, and then beginning to move into that next stage that is sometimes hard to find. It takes a lot of awareness that can be hard to have when you're knee deep in the... Continue Reading →
It's a funny thing to turn a passion from a hobby into your work. You view it differently and consume it mindfully. You work for it because you are asking it to work for you. When it becomes work, it becomes something you don't go to lightly. At least, not as much. It's important to... Continue Reading →
I have a story, the first that I decided I would turn into a full manuscript, that is still not complete. It's a project I've gone back to multiple times, but each time something has pulled me away again. During those times when the story has sat in a drawer, I've completed other manuscripts and... Continue Reading →
Nikole Breault 