So, I never got to do a proper Nanowrimo wrap-up considering my husband was so sick and then December happened, and yeah, I'm still trying to catch up on all the chaos and respond to wattpad comments and messages and all the other things I've committed to. BUT I decided to do my first link-up under Beautiful Books so I could catch you...
Please excuse the dust as I put together a whole new look for Fable & Fancy! Please excuse the dust as I put together a whole new look for Fable & Fancy! ...
Well... we're over halfway there and I'm way behind. Way way behind—but that's okay! I'm still determined to finish out the month strong even if that means finishing without making it to 50,000 words. So far amidst road trips, my husband falling sick with a three-day flu, work crises, deadlines and a plethora of unnecessary drama, I'm almost to 20,000 words. That's a...
So who's up for writing 50,000 words in a month? I am most certainly going to give it a shot again this November. This will be my third try at Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month for all you non-writers) and maybe, with the right planning, I just might make it 50k mark this year. I've come close in recent years, but it's still...
Hello, dear readers! The wonderfully talented Christina Im at Fairy Skeletons has passed on the Infinity Dreams Award blog tag to me. Thank you so much, Christina! She is a major sweetheart and I highly suggest you check out her blog and writings! So here's how it works: Thank and follow the blog that nominated you. Tell us eleven facts about yourself. Answer...
As many of you know from my social media accounts, I've finished the first draft of I Wish I May! The grand total: 108,260 words and 359 pages of 8.5 x 11" paper. I wrote "The End" on August 31st and let me tell you... it felt oh so good. It took a grand total of six months to write this luscious hunk...
Editing a book is hard. So is keeping the big picture in mind, but it's a lot easier if you have a bird's eye view. Recently, I started editing a novel and found I needed a way to keep track of the novel's big picture. I've done this in the past with notecards on a cork board, but I needed something editable that...
If I had to pick one theme from movies as my favorite, it's storytelling. Whether it's the protagonist whose storytelling acts as the (unreliable) narrator like Ed Bloom in Big Fish (2003) or the film uses a frame story (a story within a story) as in The Princess Bride (1987), I love it when movies embrace and explore the human necessity of storytelling...
It's Film Friday! "What's Film Friday?" you ask. Well, I've posted a couple of other posts under this tag, but I haven't really kept up with it. That will change in my resolve to blog more. Before I ever started writing, I was obsessed with film. The drama, the costumes, the glamour, the sets — everything I've learned about mise-en-scène, I've learned from...
In the fall of 2013, a shiny-faced girl with stars in her eyes decided she wanted to write a novel. After all, she had written a small novel in 8th grade for a year-long class assignment. It was called a "masterpiece" but was essentially a poorly constructed "quest fantasy" that has hopefully been lost to the world at large. So, with visions grandeur...
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As writers, we tend to be a sedentary group. I know this from personal experience because I cant sit and write for many hours at a time. I'm sure this won't come as a surprise to you when I say prolonged sitting is bad for you. I'm not breaking any new ground with this blog post. I'm not a doctor, personal trainer or nutritionist,...
image via In case you don't know, I love a good home library. When I'm not writing, my passion is interior design. I'm always thrifting and antiquing to find old and unique pieces of furniture to fill my apartment. Having always been the creative sort, beauty continues to inspire me even as I write. Thus, writing and reading in a beautiful space lubricates...
New Years Resolutions- I've come to know them as the bold declarations we make each January as we look to the new year with a shining faces full of childlike optimism. I used to share in the optimism with the same determined resolve to eat less sweets and floss more often. While these resolutions were made for my benefit, I always found my...
