As we enter into the new year, I thought I'd come and say something. The problem is that I can't really think of anything to write about. It's not like things didn't happen in the last year, considering that I got another short story published, and I went to a workshop in Iowa, but otherwise? Not a lot happened, minus figuring out what I really want to do next year.
The goal of 2015 is publishing, publishing, publishing. In small forms, in big forms, but the goal is to get out there. The goal is to push out and run into walls so fast that I leave a size the shape of me, like in the Road Runner cartoons.
So, that's it. Goodbye 2014, you will be missed, but hello 2015. Hello the year of getting stuff done.
A Happy New Year to everyone. I'll see you in 2015!
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Monday, December 29, 2014
Quick Note at This Hour
The About Me page has been updated. Please feel free to leave all questions there or this post. I'll get to them as soon as I can, which can be anywhere from 24 to 72 hours.
Thank you and Happy New Year. I'll be back on either Thursday or Friday with a new post.
Thank you and Happy New Year. I'll be back on either Thursday or Friday with a new post.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Blogging Circle: Resolutions Remix
It's two days into December and I'm already thinking about 2015. What I want to do, what I want to change, and what I need to finish before the end of the month. Hell, what I need to finish before Christmas and get my Christmas shopping done. Plus, making sure my wishlist is up to date (it is) and debating a million times over if I really want what's on my list or not. Just go ahead and smack me because, really, I should not be overthinking Christmas. Yet, I am, and the rest of the year. Sigh. But this is not why you are here. You are here because it is time, yet again, to dive into the WriYe Blogging Circle.
After that year of writing, you've seen the good and the bad that happens as time goes on. You know your high months and you know your low months. You should know where you are lacking and where you're awesome. Take all of that into account and give us five resolutions for your writing next year.
First, for the rest of 2014, here's my five goals. Why five goals for the rest of the year? Because the title of the post is Resolution Remix due to talking about the last month of 2014 and the start of 2015. :)
1. Finish Mystery of the Dark
2. Write my gift stories
3. Start world building the combo of Power/Hidden Scions: These two stories are both about children of mythical animals in hiding who need to go fight a big bad in a YA sense. For me, it makes better sense to blend the two stories together and get this big trilogy / series out of it. :)
4. Get Diana to type up the idea notes into a Google Doc for us to work on: Why yes, another story idea but this might be more of a game that we're going to make.
5. Love all the words that I write, no matter how stupid they sound.
Alright, for 2015, here's my five resolutions.
1. Write 1,000 words every day, no matter what: I've got a writing goal of 365,000 words for next year. Considering I write better if I write every day, this is a reasonable resolution to put out there, even if it's just plotting words or actual fiction. I need to get 1,000 words out of my system every day of 2015.
2. Finish What I Start: Simple as it sounds, but I'm going to add on one more. I'm finishing everything, even things I started in 2014 like Prelude, because I want those stories to be written. Also, I have a big ass fanfic sitting out there in cyber space (Ao3 land) that people probably want finished. So, yeah, finishing what I started, even if it was started in 2013 / 2014.
3. Write what I want to write, not what society things I have to write: Okay, this is something that ties into the fact that I am a fanfiction writer. I am and I am loud and proud about it. Society thinks that fanfiction, for the most part, is silly and not real writing. Well, BS to that and BS on anyone who thinks it, including me! This ties into the words are words, no matter how small or silly, and I should celebrate that I am creating something.
4. Use my blog more to chronicle how I am as a writer: Yes, I really am going to do this. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I am, because I want to show off what I'm doing. I'm not sure just how far I'll go into what I'm doing, as I have issues with sharing (and so do publishing people), but we'll see. Considering January is going to be a big editing month, you might hear me complaining about it.
5. Love all the words that I write, no matter how stupid they sound: Okay, I put this in the goals of 2014 and adding it in here. What this means is that I will write, without criticizing myself, until it is time to edit. When it is time to edit, I can do as much critting of myself as I want. Until then, I need to love the words that I am writing because they are more words than what I wrote yesterday. They are more words than I wrote the month before and so on. I need to love what I write and love myself for getting it out and not going insane.
So... that's about it. Look for later this month about the goals for next year in terms of writing projects and in reading. Happy holidays!
After that year of writing, you've seen the good and the bad that happens as time goes on. You know your high months and you know your low months. You should know where you are lacking and where you're awesome. Take all of that into account and give us five resolutions for your writing next year.
First, for the rest of 2014, here's my five goals. Why five goals for the rest of the year? Because the title of the post is Resolution Remix due to talking about the last month of 2014 and the start of 2015. :)
1. Finish Mystery of the Dark
2. Write my gift stories
3. Start world building the combo of Power/Hidden Scions: These two stories are both about children of mythical animals in hiding who need to go fight a big bad in a YA sense. For me, it makes better sense to blend the two stories together and get this big trilogy / series out of it. :)
4. Get Diana to type up the idea notes into a Google Doc for us to work on: Why yes, another story idea but this might be more of a game that we're going to make.
5. Love all the words that I write, no matter how stupid they sound.
Alright, for 2015, here's my five resolutions.
1. Write 1,000 words every day, no matter what: I've got a writing goal of 365,000 words for next year. Considering I write better if I write every day, this is a reasonable resolution to put out there, even if it's just plotting words or actual fiction. I need to get 1,000 words out of my system every day of 2015.
2. Finish What I Start: Simple as it sounds, but I'm going to add on one more. I'm finishing everything, even things I started in 2014 like Prelude, because I want those stories to be written. Also, I have a big ass fanfic sitting out there in cyber space (Ao3 land) that people probably want finished. So, yeah, finishing what I started, even if it was started in 2013 / 2014.
3. Write what I want to write, not what society things I have to write: Okay, this is something that ties into the fact that I am a fanfiction writer. I am and I am loud and proud about it. Society thinks that fanfiction, for the most part, is silly and not real writing. Well, BS to that and BS on anyone who thinks it, including me! This ties into the words are words, no matter how small or silly, and I should celebrate that I am creating something.
4. Use my blog more to chronicle how I am as a writer: Yes, I really am going to do this. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I am, because I want to show off what I'm doing. I'm not sure just how far I'll go into what I'm doing, as I have issues with sharing (and so do publishing people), but we'll see. Considering January is going to be a big editing month, you might hear me complaining about it.
5. Love all the words that I write, no matter how stupid they sound: Okay, I put this in the goals of 2014 and adding it in here. What this means is that I will write, without criticizing myself, until it is time to edit. When it is time to edit, I can do as much critting of myself as I want. Until then, I need to love the words that I am writing because they are more words than what I wrote yesterday. They are more words than I wrote the month before and so on. I need to love what I write and love myself for getting it out and not going insane.
So... that's about it. Look for later this month about the goals for next year in terms of writing projects and in reading. Happy holidays!
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