So here at last, toward the end of January, we get into the nitty gritty of the New Year. This month, I reflected back on everything myself and the Wordwraiths accomplished in 2016, on how the events of 2016 made me a better person and a better author, and detailed the 4 Tools for Life Success that have helped me refocus for 2017. Now that my headspace and bodyspace are better under control after November 8th through the use of morning ritual and meditation, and now that my Dreambook has ... View Post
The New Year Part 2: Four Tools for Life Success
In my last post, I mentioned some tools I’ve been using lately to redirect my anxiety into productivity, as well as outline my goals for 2017 with more clarity than ever before. Today, I'm going to go over these tools, in the hopes that if you are currently struggling, or hoping to make 2017 your best year yet (despite whatever might happen in Washington), you might find some value in them as well! If you're in a rush today, but would love to have these tools to look over and check out later, ... View Post
The New Year Part 1: 2016 Made Me a Better Person
Part 1: Goodnight, 2016: My year in reflection Many people have declared 2016 awful and deplorable, and generally everyone seems to be very glad for the arrival of a fresh start. Despite the fact that the idea of a "new year" is entirely arbitrary, and entirely something we human beings fabricated for our own purposes, it does do just that: it serves its purpose. Mentally, the rollover of our arbitrary calendar year always seems to refresh and enliven us. The enthusiasm and gusto everyone has ... View Post
NaNoWriMo 2016: How I Survived the November from Hell
2016 was my 5th consecutive year of participating in National Novel Writing Month. (Wow! Time flies when you're having fun!) Beginning in October, as it has been every year since my first NaNo, I started getting very inspired. I really, really love the fall season for writing. Probably conditioned by my years NaNo-ing, as soon as the pumpkin spice flavor hits everything and anything, my brain and body go into full on "noveling" mode. So, naturally, I was beyond excited for NaNoWriMo Day #1 to ... View Post
11 Things I Wish I’d Learned Earlier about the Writing Life
Recently I've been browsing back through this blog and reading some of my older posts: the posts from way back in the day when I first really started being serious about writing original fiction and publishing. It is totally priceless stuff. This blog has always been for myself most of all. Because I process things by writing about them. I've always been like that. Writing down my experiences cements them in my mind. And the things I've written here over the past four years show a clear ... View Post
Yesterday Marks 4 Years on This Rollercoaster…
What rollercoaster? Trying to get published! Yes, that's right. October the 4th is my official "writing anniversary". Yes, I've been making stories since I could draw rudimentary pictures with crayons. Yes, I wrote my first full length novel at 14. Yes, I wrote fanfiction for 10 years after that. But October 4th, 2012, was the first day of the Writer's Digest online workshop "12 Weeks to Your First Draft". In no way, shape, or form did I have a first draft in 12 weeks, btw. Although I'd ... View Post
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