Category: Writing

  • Ok, I have yet to work on the most important part of my Query Letter for my Novel, but I have sated the sleeping dragon. I realized recharging my batteries was more important than the multitudes of deadlines I imposed on myself. So, as I left my day job, sleet ( a wintery mix of…

  • Here I am again, its my day off from my day job and I am struggling to find motivation. The urge to procrastinate looms over me. I’m on my second movie of the day while I am cleaning and doing laundry. The first was ‘Tremors’, and the second that I am currently on, is ‘Julie…

  • Once again after a long time of restful sleep, my lack of sense of accomplishment pulls me out of dreamland. I’m tired and on the verge of tears. I feel like my forward momentum has stalled out. I decided it was time to tell the truth and share my feelings about breaking into a writing…

  • How to write when your world is falling apart.

    I can’t lie, emotionally it feels like everything I have worked so hard for is fracturing underneath me and any second my foundation will collapse. Up until now I have kept a secret. In August my husband was electrocuted by a machine at work. He recived no medical attention and was told to get back…

  • What I learned about myself in 2017

    The year of personal, professional, and emotional progress was achived.  It took many years, but looking back I am in every way shape and form a better and stronger version of myself.

  • Okay- it is QWITE clear that I kinnnnnnda fell out of the habit about reporting my success/ defeats and what I was learning about my personal writing processes. Good news- reached the 50k goal, but still have five partially complete chapters left to finish. So you win some/ you loose some… So this December I…

  • Non spoiler review of The Last Jedi- on the next episode of undercover Boss Matt has a horrible day at work and seeks to shake up the current corporate structure, and even attempts to go for an outside -hire co chair.

  • I want to punch today in the face.  Day job B did its best to lower my morale before I could even type my words for the day. ( to be clear – this is not due to any of the actual work, or people I interacted with – the day just ended like this…

  • Woke up to a rainy day. I was ready to take the day off not because I felt lethargic, but because I was still on the writers high from the day before. I didnt get to reward myself with Elder Scrolls Online post writing celebration, so I was thrown off. There was a ‘Zen’ about…

  • So we are already a week in, and I am catiously optimistic.  I fear being too comfortable with my position as it is the perfect opportunity to loose steam and let procrastination burst through the door. In contrast to yesturdays post ( read it HERE,) where I used the analogy of writing being like water…