I’ll never forget the first time I cried during a live action movie. I’d cried at animated movies before, of course. The classic tearjerkers - Bambi, The Lion King, and of course The Land Before Time. But live action movies hadn’t hit me the same way. Probably a large part of that was the kind …
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Hey Writers, Enough with the Gatekeeping
“You’re not a real writer unless…” How many times have you seen something like on your social media? Because, if your internet experience is anything like mine, it’s damn near everywhere. Writers trying to add criteria to the process, saying that if you don’t complete task X, Y, or Z, you don’t get to call …
A Short Reminder to Breathe
I had a plan for today’s blog post. Over Saturday, I was going to use Amazon’s The Boys as my reward for editing Strange Cosmology - edit a couple scenes, watch an episode, and then repeat the process. However, I found two flaws in this plan. One was that I hated the first episode with …
How I (am trying to) Prevent Burnout
For the first thirty years of my life, I was kind of a slacker. Full day video game marathons, reading an entire book in an afternoon, or binge-watching an entire Netflix show in a single day were fairly common activities if I didn’t have work that day, and if I did have work I’d spend …
3 Self-Care Tips For a Busy Life
Due to some things that came up, instead of a new blog post today, I'm rerunning one from October I was particularly proud of...that also was a good reminder to myself yesterday and today with everything going on. One thing that I’ve noticed about a lot of up and coming writers is that we are …
3 Ways to Deal with a Difficult Scene During Nano
At this point in NaNo, if you’ve been pushing ahead constantly, there’s probably a scene you’re not happy with. It’s become a bit like a scab, something that itches and you know you shouldn’t pick at, but you really want to because it’ll bring some relief. The best advice for NaNo is to keep moving …
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3 Ways to Stay Motivated during NaNo
Hey everyone! We are, as of today, ten days into National Novel Writing Month. If you’re on track, you’re 16,667 or so words into your project. If you’re an overachiever, you’re much higher than that. (My friend is on 28,578, which doesn’t make me feel like a snail at all.) If you’re not on track, …
3 Self-Care Tips For a Busy Life
One thing that I’ve noticed about a lot of up and coming writers is that we are so very, very busy. To take my own personal example, I work a full time job that takes up 45-50 hours a week, spend 2-3 hours a weeknight writing, and on my weekends spend 6 hours minimum (usually …
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