Normally, my first (and, let’s be honest, usually only) post of the month is devoted to my goals for that month, but as my goals currently all revolve around my editing efforts (or lack thereof…), I’m just going to talk about that instead. So…consider yourselves warned, I guess. This is your last chance to cut…
Category: The Coileáin Chronicles
Let The Editing Commence! (Also, A Guessing Game…)
So…this is happening: That’s right. I have officially plunged into the abyss that is the first draft of Full Circle. I haven’t looked at it in a few months (I set aside every first draft for at least three months), and I’m wading into this first round of revisions with some trepidation. A lot of…
The One With All The Goals (2022 Edition)
Well, it’s a new year which means I’m kicking things off with a monster post with (as the title would suggest) a shit-ton of goals for 2022. As per usual, these goals are broken up into three categories: writing, health & fitness, and other. Listed here will be the big, bold goals with a due…
The Five-Year Engagement
Five years ago, I wrote one of those “where I want to be in five years” posts for my blog. Today, I thought I’d take a look at where I wanted to be versus where I ended up. WHAT I WANTED TO HAVE DONE IN FIVE YEARS —Publish Second Nature—Publish Full Circle—Publish Retail Rhapsody—Figure out…
The Good, The Okay, and the Final Word (A NaNoWriMo Recap)
When last we met, I was in the midst of a two-pronged NaNoWriMo experiment. Prong One: The Pot Luck Technique, where I worked on five different projects, following my brain/muse to whatever WIP it was inspired to work on in any given moment. Prong Two: The Reverse NaNo Technique, where I started off the month…