“To fail, you merely have to cultivate a few bad habits.” (12 Rules of Life by Jordan Peterson, page 81) This one really struck me. The entire chapter is about making friends with people who want the best for you, but this section in particular describes how most people just take the easy path inContinueContinue reading “Failure is Easy”
Tag Archives: Writing
Chosen
Today’s blog post is short and sweet, and if you follow me on social media, you will already have heard this…multiple times. I FINALLY got a short story published! How, you may ask? Well, I finally figured out the correct terms to search for Christian fiction magazines…apparently I had to use the search term ChristianContinueContinue reading “Chosen”
Mind-Stretching
I fairly recently finished reading the book Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald. I feel like I’ve talked about various parts of it enough, I might have even posted about it here already. But then again, I’ve been so awful lately about posting, it’s entirely possible and even probable that I haven’t mentioned it.ContinueContinue reading “Mind-Stretching”
Killing My Darlings
Today I’ve decided to do one of the most painful things I’ve yet done in my writing career. I am about to effectively delete 20,000+ words. Of course, I’ll still have them in another document in case I ever need them for something, but most of them will no longer have a place in myContinueContinue reading “Killing My Darlings”
The Whole Story
Everyone is writing Christmas short stories, so I decided to try my hand at one yesterday. As always, it turned out overly dramatic, but here you go anyway! Sadie hung the last ornament, a simple silver bell. Perhaps the simplest of all her ornaments. And yet. With a soft stroke of her hand, the tinyContinueContinue reading “The Whole Story”
NaNo Updates and Word Wars
So much for writing throughout all of NaNo, hmm? Well, the truth is, my writing has been so sporadic and usually at such late hours, that I simply haven’t made the time to update you all. For all that, however, I’m running fairly on time. I am at about 33,000 words and though it isContinueContinue reading “NaNo Updates and Word Wars”
NaNo Day 3 & 4
There’s a reason I didn’t do a post yesterday…I didn’t finish my goal word count until 1:30 AM. I had to push pretty hard to make myself finish, and apparently I wrote myself out because so far today, I’ve done a grand total of 511 words. Instead of writing during the day yesterday, I cleaned,ContinueContinue reading “NaNo Day 3 & 4”
NaNoWriMo Day 2 and Query Letters
It is 11:15 PM so I figured I should get in my blog post for the day. I’m not quite at my word count goal for the day, but I know I will reach it! I’ve got about 300 more to go, and I’ll have written 3,000 today – ugh, I’d better get that inContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 2 and Query Letters”
Priorities
One of the most difficult parts about being a writer – particularly an unpublished one – is giving yourself priority. It is so easy to dismiss your needs, because the only person who will know is you (and God. And your husband. And any other writers who might be holding you accountable.). But, the pointContinueContinue reading “Priorities”
Deep Dives
It’s been a few weeks. And if you don’t follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you have no idea where I went. I promise I had good reason for disappearing. In summary, I was doing a deep dive into my three main projects. And here are the results: Drawn Into Love: I know, I knowContinueContinue reading “Deep Dives”
Forest Idylls 