With this month mostly spent editing and revising I’ve managed to meet a couple of my milestone goals (as described in My 2019’s writing bucket list). During this month’s goal post I picked out several goals I thought I might be able to meet by the end of the month. Goals met: I finished proofing… Read More Milestones met: novelette and representation
I was going to start about wordcounts and use that as a means to see how productive I’ve been, but damn, that is the wrong way to go about this. I worked hard this month! Most of my time I spent on editing and proofing so I could finish the final draft for my fantasy… Read More Writing Progress Update: March W13
A short story and a novelette almost done. Want to beta-read? Let me know! Clink link for overview of blog series ready to read (self-care and diversity). … Read More Writing progress update: March W11
So I looked back on my writing goals from February during my last writing update (Writing Progress Update: February W9) and though there’s some goals which I didn’t meet, there was still enough done to keep me satisfied with my progress. Plus, it’s a whole new month, meaning new opportunities! This month will be the… Read More My March Writing Goals
End of the year is always tough for me. With all the holidays, black face season, the many social obligations and the birthdays, I tend to get more stressed and easily overwhelmed. My health has suffered because of it too and I’ve had many turbulent ups and down over the past weeks. But, I’m still… Read More Writing progress update: November
My mind’s an endless void, space, but filled with ideas for books. Whole worlds find their shapes in there and new pieces swarm out, building onto what I’ve already pushed out onto paper. Because of the ways these ideas take shape I’ve chosen to keep writing most of my stories in the same universe, and… Read More Writing Progress Update: Filling up a universe
Though I reflect on my own actions and life often, I don’t do it every year to reflect over a year’s worth of accomplishments. Part of it is because I have a poor sense of time and digging up memories on command is hard. I often can’t recollect simple questions I know very well, like… Read More Reflecting on my 2019
A new month has started, as has the warm summer weather! On top of that, it’s Pride month, so perfect time to read and write books with queer characters, mermaids, summer love, pirates, sirens, and more. I guess that I started drafting the prequel to IN GOOD COMPANY is well timed. It’s got a tropical… Read More My June Writing Goals
A new month has started and that means reflecting on how I did on last month’s goals and setting new ones for the upcoming weeks. I wrote about how writing went this April in my last writing update this week, and turns out I was spot on on guessing how much I’d be able to… Read More My May Writing Goals