Ramblings of an Aspiring Author
March 2022 Updates and the Ever-Elusive (Nonexistent) Work-Life Balance
March 2022 Updates: Arguably one of the most exciting things that have happened in my life during 2022 has been signing with my literary agent, Eva Scalzo of Speilburg Literary Agency. I’m beyond excited to send my dark YA fantasy into the world and hopefully/ultimately into your hands. Continue reading
February 2022 Update
My exciting news this month is that the preorder campaigns are live for the anthologies containing my work. So thrilled to finally hold my words in my hands, surrounded by other great stories! Continue reading
2022 Goals
So far, the 2020’s aren’t treating us so awesome, but new year, fresh slate. We’re all sneaking into 2022, hoping it doesn’t notice us (and hoping it doesn’t realize it’s pronounced 2020 two). Still, I do enjoy a good new year to light a fire under my butt and set some goals.
End of the Year Review
If I had to compare my 2021 to anything, it would be an aspiring novelist’s first draft of their first book. An exciting start, completely awful horrendous saggy middle, and an decent finish. Continue reading
Mid-Year Resolution Check In
It’s already July? Where 2020 was a dragging pile of slow, 2021 is flying by! Halfway through the year, here’s my New Year’s Resolution check in.
Goals: An Unlikely Intersection Between Running and Writing
Is there a word for someone who voluntarily does uncomfortable stuff? Masochistic is way too strong of a word, but there has to be some obscure, specific term for us fools who enjoy running. Anyway, my sister and I voluntarily run half marathons, and we’re working our way through every state. This weekend and next, … Continue reading
Twitter Pitches
The countdown to #PitMad is just a few weeks away, and with #PitDark on Thursday, I wanted to write a post about Twitter pitches: what they are, how to craft a good pitch and a link to a calendar. Continue reading
What If You Don’t Feel Like Writing?
We’ve all been there. Staring at the blinking cursor in Word or stress scrolling through the phone while the laptop sits off to the side. Here are some ways I’ve found to lessen the writing blues burden. Continue reading
The Writer: A Study in Clichés
We avoid clichés in our writing—or we should—but it’s essentially fact that as a collective, writers are basically tropes. We’re either team tea or team coffee, and we have animal sidekicks that we prefer over people (Hello, fellow introverts!). Here are four of my favorite writer clichés that may or may not be verified by … Continue reading
A Writer’s Greatest Enemy
What is the biggest hurdle to writing? Is it finding the time? Is it waiting for inspiration to strike? Is it constructing the perfect setup in your house or a café (pre-COVID) with the perfect beverage at the perfect temperature with the optimal background music at the perfect volume? And then as soon as any one of those components fall out of balance, your concentration shatters?
While these are annoying, I would like to argue that the biggest hurdle to writing is more insidious. More secretive. I put forth that Procrastination is the highest barrier to sitting your butt in a chair and putting words on a page. Continue reading
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