I have seen a lot of writers out there trying to become authors. A lot. I only have small things published here and there, but I’ve hung around the industry enough that I’ve learned a few things. Many people painfully flounder in their dreams and efforts to write, and I blame most of that on…
I belong to some writing-oriented social media groups. And there are a lot of fledgling authors on there, asking for advice. Technically, I’m still a fledgling as well, but I’ve learned a few things that apparently aren’t universal knowledge (which is totally possible, just as it’s possible they know stuff I don’t), and that’s what…
I know basically two kinds of new writers. Those who believe they suck, and those who believe they are awesome. I know a LOT more of the first kind than the second kind, which is actually kind of nice because their writing is usually a lot better. That may seem a little ironic on the…
Because I KNOW y’all have just been DYING to know what I thought about it. đ WARNING: SPOILERS!!! So, the first time through this episode, since everything was new to me, I was basically just working to figure out what was happening, with a little how. The second time allowed me to figure out more how, but…
So I’m reading this book right now (well…audiobook…but still) and I stopped about four days ago because I started to realize what the major conflict is probably going to be, and it makes me SO MAD that it’s going to happen that I just haven’t been able to do it right now. Like, if I…
Some days I just feel like this image when it comes to writing. Â Pounding my head against the keyboard, lamenting that I will never get it, never! I’ve been feeling this way badly the last few days. I’d been kind of stuck for a while…partially due to being very busy, partially because my mental health…
Getting up to speed on writing is an interesting process. And being the epistemophiliac that I am, I love watching and figuring out the process (and the perception of learning the process…I know, meta, right?) as much as writing and learning about writing itself. So, most writers I’ve seen, especially the ones that do a…
I have fallen from the writing wagon and I’m trying to get back on. Â That involves a lot of re-prioritising and culling of things from my to-do list. About a month ago a friend helped me start going to the gym. Â That has been good, but it increases my mood boosting endorphins, which can throw…
Depression big time sucks. I talk too much.  Overexplain.  Egad. I just got a copy of Calvin by Martine Leavitt.  It has to do with Calvin and Hobbes and mental illness and stuff so it looks really interesting. I’ve been kind of trying to read Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin the last…