Tag: writing
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February Goals
Already a week and some change into February and I’m only now making my goals for the month? That doesn’t bode well, does it? Regardless, let’s look at my list for this month. Start Up New Project A friend and I are going to be starting a new project this month: making a horror visual…
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January Goals
It’s already a week into January and I can already feel time slipping away from me. But here are my goals for the month of January. Send Seventh Daughter to Friends This is an end of January goal, as I still haven’t actually finished my second draft of Seventh Daughter. This goal is hopefully here…
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Did I Accomplish my December Goals?
It’s 2023! Wow. I honestly can’t believe it. It’s the year I turn thirty and I’m cautiously hopeful for it all. December is over, and with it go all of my deadlines. Unfortunately, in spite of my best efforts, I have fallen behind in my goals. But, it is important to take time every now…
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Season of Submissions
Half of the way through December now! Time is clearly playing some kind of practical joke on us all. Or at least on me. Time blindness is a real thing for plenty of people with ADHD, and I am no different. With hyper-focusing on a new video game (Dwarf Fortress is technically really old, but…
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Reflections: Old Work
Many moons ago, or I suppose 8 years actually, I was published for the first time at the ripe old age of 21. The publisher, Penryn Press, asked for submissions to a children’s anthology and – having just finished a university module on children’s literature and working with a local school – I was in…
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Good Things Coming
As November winds down, my deadlines are fast encroaching. Despite the odds, I’m mostly on track to finish everything! Though all of the open calls I was planning on submitting to this month decided to gang up on me and all have deadlines on the 30th of November, I’ve mostly beaten them through planning. Who…
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Finding a Niche
In the last few months I feel as though I’ve finally found my short story writing niche. I have several upcoming pieces being published, all with one thing in common: horror elements. This doesn’t come as too much of a surprise given my childhood diet of horror movies and fantasy books. What it does mean…
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Good Things Can Also Come in Threes
So many amazing things happened in June! And, my mental health tanked a lot. The good things helped keep me afloat somewhat, but bad brain syndrome has a way of tinging everything with a malaise of despair. I placed second in the TL:DR 1K Word Herd challenge with my little sapphic tragic romance ‘Bitter Sweet’.…
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Writing Update: Stressed and Elated
Lots of stuff happening right now! So many things! Ah! Everything feels pretty chaotic right now but it’s a good chaotic, even if I’m feeling pretty exhausted. I went on a field trip this month with my fifteen-year-olds. Anyone who has ever had a horde of teenagers to chaperone through busy streets will know why…
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Writing Update: Rejections Galore
My self-worth is tied very closely to my idea of myself as a writer. I may have talked about this in a previous blog post, but I came to the realisation this past year. I have been suffering – for lack of a better word – because I have opened myself up to critique and…
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