| My February Writing Goals* | 2020’s writing bucket list | (All) Writing Progress Updates | * I just realized I haven’t written this month’s goal post yet, so I’ll be doing that next. It’ll get pubbed during week 11. Last month, I started on a fluffy paranormal romance short story. Last Friday, I finished it, and prepped it for submission!… Read More Writing Progress Update: W10 Masquerade
We’re deep into what our prime minister calls an “intelligent lockdown”, which boils down to advising people to stay the fuck at home. Which I’ve been trying to do as much as possible for a while now. While there are more people who don’t take it seriously enough or struggle to not leave the house,… Read More My April Writing Goals
| My March Writing Goals | 2020’s writing bucket list | (All) Writing Progress Updates | It’s a weird time to be alive today. During this global crisis, we all need something to escape into so we don’t succumb to the stress. Writing helps me. It helps air out my grievances, explore and express. Still the stress has been eating at… Read More Writing Progress Update: W13
Spring is around the corner but it’s still cold and stormy out. It is getting lighter though and that helps with the early morning drives to work. But, I’m not here to talk about the weather. Here’s are my reflections on how this month has gone write-wise, including wordcounts and setting new goals for March.… Read More My March Writing Goals
From inspiration to concept | How I organize my work | Creative process series overview Last time I talked about going from inspiration to concept in my post “harassed by the muses”. I used to skip that step and find myself struggling to grasp what my story was about whenever anyone asked me what I… Read More From concept to outline: plotting for the chaotic mind
Ajj, now I really want to talk about exposition. I’m a worldbuilding nerd. I write a lot of high fantasy. We all have our own preferences in our reading. Some love rich worldbuilding, some need it to be just enough to support the story. This might influence which subgenres of fantasy one might read, but… Read More Building Worlds: Exposition & infodumps
| My February Writing Goals | 2020’s writing bucket list | (All) Writing Progress Updates | As I mentioned earlier in my last announcement, I’m splitting up my writing progress update posts this time. It’s been a couple of weeks since I last talked about my writing and so I’ve got a lot to share.… Read More Writing Progress Update: W8
Hey my lovely readers, it’s been a while since I posted and I’m sorry for that. I’d actually started writing some blogs during the beginning of this month but never got to finish and post them. It’s been a weird month and I will further explain in my next newsletter. It should be in your… Read More A little absent, but will be back
We’re a month into 2020 and so far it’s looking like it’s going to be a challenging year, but despite that, my writing is going very well! Here’s to reflecting on how this month has gone write-wise, including wordcounts and setting new goals for February. This month I’ve been working hard on my Cursed Enemies… Read More My February Writing Goals
Starting this year I want to make my newsletters a little more interactive. Though the changes won’t be big, since I will keep sharing WIP lines, trivia, personal updates and the like, I think it’d be fun if you readers get to chime in in what you’d like to read in the next newsletter. If… Read More Newsletter polls for February