A dream, a story, a journey
I am a planner. I plan the majority of what I write before I start writing. I have a general idea of who my characters are, what they are trying to accomplish, etc. I have all of this planned before hand either from notes and ideas that were sparked while I was reading a book... Continue Reading →
Back to working at my daughter's dance studio and it is one of my favorite places to write. I don't have laundry calling me, the dishwasher is not in the next room waiting to be loaded or unloaded, and dinner (on the weeks I've REALLY got my stuff pulled together) is already made and ready... Continue Reading →
I am so excited to get ready for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! In case you don't know about the NaNoWriMo challenge, it is a challenge that happens during the month of November where writers push themselves to finish a 50,000 word complete first draft of a manuscript. This is the blog post I wrote... Continue Reading →
I pulled out my journal for a very different reason then I normally do the other day and it made me pause. It made me think about the reasons I grab my journal. I reach for my journal in very specific times. I reach for my journal in times of stress and anxiety. It's my... Continue Reading →
I got together with my peer critique partner this weekend and we switched manuscripts. It was AWESOME to hear her feedback and questions, to think about the way she viewed some of the characters and action, and really, REALLY eye-opening to hear her thoughts about the story in its entirety. She's the first person to... Continue Reading →
March always feels like one of the longest month's of the year for me. This was especially true when I was teaching. The beginning of March would see us all returning to school after a week long break and the kids (well, yes as a matter of fact, the teachers too) were already chomping at... Continue Reading →
Anyone else blink and realize July is gone? I was pretty flabbergasted last week when I turned the page in my Planner to plan the next week, and realized I was in the August spread already 😳 My goal during July was to finish one of the first manuscripts I started writing. I didn't reach... Continue Reading →
I'm in it now. I'm knee deep in the words and the world, digging into the rich soil of the story. These are the things that struck me as I worked this week. When writing, don't focus on editing. Grammar mistakes will happen. Repetition will happen. There are sentences I write that I want to... Continue Reading →
