Tracking Time and the 16 Hour Day

My last post, where I talked about the dangers of Scroll Hypnosis, really got me thinking about how I spend my time. I’ve talked about the importance of maintaining a good balance with work and life before and time tracking in general. It’s a nice idea, but I’ll freely admit I have...not been the best …

Redefining Success – A brief Camp NaNoWriMo Roundup

Camp NaNo has come and gone, and the final numbers are in: 57,311. There were about 3,000 words I forgot to track near the end of the month. Overall, I should be happy with these results - 57,000 isn’t anything to sneeze at, 60,000 is an incredibly solid number. However, I’m not happy with that …

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 …

2000 Words a Day – My 2019 New Years Resolution

While you're here, check out some of what I wrote last year and get a free book! 2019 is just around the corner! For the past ten years, my new years resolution was to write a novel. Last year, I accomplished that, and was able to publish Weird Theology. This year my new year's resolution …

3 YouTube Channels I Recommend for Writing Research

Happy Holidays everyone! Hope you had a good one. Don't forget to pick up your free book while you're here! One of the most time consuming things you can do when preparing to write is researching. It can be a long, arduous process that can begin to drag. In the post-holiday haze, you’re probably a …

Just Write: Breaking Down the most Common Writing Advice

If you are, or ever have been, a new writer looking for advice, you’ve probably been told to “Just write.” On the flip side, if you’ve spent time on writing forums, listening and reading to things people say about writing, just write / write every day are some of the most controversial points that get …

What I Learned Doing NaNo 2018

So another year has passed, another NaNo completed. I’m really happy with my progress this year - so far, I’ve managed to input my word count into NaNo every day, and with only two days left I have absolute faith in my ability to get it updated those last two days. I actually hit the …

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 …

3 Reasons You Should Be Doing Writing Sprints

At this point in NaNo, you’re probably in one of two places. You might be well ahead of the game, and you’re looking at your word count total and smiling and nodding to yourself, perfectly happy with how you’re doing. On the other hand, you might have realized that you’ve fallen behind, and are starting …