I don't like resolutions on new year's day. It feels like I am telling the universe that the only possible time I can make a change is on some significant day. Like the beginning of the year or beginning of a month or a birthday. I believe that each day you can work to change … Continue reading Do you do new years resolutions?
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Focus Fox: The past
Focus Fox says: The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation. The past participle is your current action. Unknown and writerly mashup
Focus Fox: Life
Focus Fox says: Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Or a a writer go through the process of trying to get traditionally published. Mashup of Anais Nin and a writer's plight
NaNo and me
According to the Nano site I have been doing NaNo since 2006. I've had some wins and some loses and skipped years. I tried to write the year I was pregnant and due in November. Needless to say once my water broke, I was not able to complete that year. I know that there are … Continue reading NaNo and me
Journey mindset and writer’s brain
After I posted about uncertainty, Ryan, one of my buddies forwarded me a link to an article about the journey mindset. "The important difference between pursuing 'meaning' and 'happiness' in life." Was one of the quotes that struck me. I just finished a class to help me plan for a quarter with writing related goals. … Continue reading Journey mindset and writer’s brain
Day one – operation dear god did I really set the alarm for that early
The alarm buzzed and worse the light on my alarm clock goes on. Who invented this torture device? Were they a closet sadist? I have to pee and my mouth tastes bad. Dazed. confused. I can ignore those facts. The bed is warm.Was that my alarm or some great cosmic joke that thinks o-butt thirty is really a time. I manage to find … Continue reading Day one – operation dear god did I really set the alarm for that early
Judged
I still have fear of letting out the crazy and being judged, but as I get older I care less about that. I realize no matter the safe choices I might make, I am being judged. So why not be judged for who I really am rather than who I think they want me … Continue reading Judged
How to discover your writing genius
I had a friend email me this and really liked it. How to Discover Your Writing Genius and Do Your Best Work, courtesy of Henneke at Enchanting Marketing
MILWORDY
I am up early because my brain is all over the place, but MILWORDY is at the top. MILWORDY is writing a million words in a year. So starting Sept 1st, 2020 and extending to Aug 31, 2021, you would write million words. Am I the only one who got the Austin Power's Dr Evil's … Continue reading MILWORDY
Character Inspiration
In COVID times, the writer tool of people watching was off the table for character ideas. I'm in middle of something right now, but the next book is starting to sprout in the back of my head. What to do? I found a character generator on a FB group and tried it out. This was … Continue reading Character Inspiration