A DREAM – A STORY – A JOURNEY
I am sending out my first query letters. THIS. WEEK. This is the first step in the journey of turning my passion into my profession. Where I start sending my words out into the world and inviting people (beyond my loving husband and band of trusted critique ladies) to enter the worlds that I've created... Continue Reading →
This week I had a really difficult time coming out of the craft and getting into the writing. Not only was I working on writing/revising, I was also working on querying. I was jumping from mindset to mindset, writer one minute, editor the next, desperately trying to attain the third-party objective view of my work... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
I have always been a night owl. Many of my Friday nights after my children are in bed and my husband and his friends are in the basement jamming away at their music, I settle myself on my couch and work. I work late into the night, usually just beyond 1:00 in the morning. For... Continue Reading →
Ok. If you've followed along with me for some time, you know my affinity for a good planner, specifically the Erin Condren LifePlanner. For my 2019-2020 year, I'm using a vertical planner for my personal planning and then a horizontal planner for my writing/business/blog planning. This is my hobby as much as a necessity for my... 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 →
Nikole Breault 