After having a very productie writing year, despite corona, I’ve hit a slump. I barely wrote last month but I’m hoping September will get me drafting a bit here and there again. I know it’ll take me a while to get back to where I was earlier this year, but a little progress is still… Read More Wish me luck
There it is again, the question if I need to split Blood Maiden or not. It’s not the first time I ponder this, and that little fact gives the question all the more weight. So far the book seems to still work even though I’ve been keeping out info. Deciding what lore to include and… Read More Progress Update W22: Blood Maiden and Splitting Novels
This past week has been eventful, in a good way, thankfully. Birthdays, a job interview, and some nice progress on writing my Blood Maiden WIP. Have even been thinking about picking up drawing again, but it’s still…hard, to get started. I guess I didn’t stop for nothing, but I’d like to break the cycle. For… Read More Progress Update W20: Blood Maiden and Worldbuilding Impact of Culture on Magic Systems
I love speculative fiction. I love writing it, and I love reading it, especially when it’s high on fantasy and mixes in elements of other genres. Worldbuilding is an important aspect for plenty of speculative fiction writers but there are varying ways to approach this. My approach is to have rich worldbuilding, but a density… Read More Writing Progress Update: W16 The Blood Maiden’s Covenant
| 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
| 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
| 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
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
| My January Writing Goals | 2020’s writing bucket list | (All) Writing Progress Updates | A little earlier than usual, but I have a great announcement! I’ve decided on my Cursed Enemies to Lovers WIP‘s book title and will be announcing it in my next newsletter! Want to be amongst the first to find out? Then sign up for my… Read More Writing progress update: January W3 (Book title reveal)
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