Memoir
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New Year, Same Me
This year I am giving myself permission. Permission that when that clock strikes twelve and turns over to 12:01, I can be the same person that I was at 11:59. There is no magic spell that is going to change me into either Cinderella or a pumpkin. I’m giving myself permission to still be the same person. The difference is I want to be the same person but on the path to growth. On the path to change. On the path to progress. Change is not something I expect to immediately happen, like I’m a new person on January first and I’m going to live my life a completely different…
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Building Elemastra
Nano Update: As of the day I am writing this, we are more than halfway through Nanowrimo. The clock is ticking, Thanksgiving is approaching, and that means that the finish line is almost here. How has my writing gone? Well…not as expected. I thought it would only take 2 days to reread my manuscript, another 2 days to review the plot and that I would be writing within 5-6 days of Nanowrimo. Add in a last-minute road trip and general procrastination, and I didn’t finish even reading the manuscript until 5 days into the month. Then I took a week to review the plot and read Save the…
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To Nano or Not to Nano
To Nano or Not to Nano That is the question we ask ourselves all through October. And it’s a tough question. Do we have time? Do we have a story calling our name? Will winning give us the boost in confidence we need to move forward? Or will losing be the straw that breaks our fragile ego and sends us into a hopeless spiral? To help you answer this question, or at the very least give you even more to ponder, I’m going to be sharing today about my experiences with NANOWRIMO so far. So sit back, relax and let me tell you about a long time ago in…
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Where I’m Going
Now that I’ve told you–briefly–what I’ve been up to the last two years, let me talk to you about where I’m going. The truth is–I have no idea. It’s terrifying. I have a direction. I have a goal. But I certainly don’t have a map. No GPS directions, no ability to check if I’m on the right path. I only have my heading and the ability to take it one step at a time. Here is what I do know. I have tried every job under the sun and none of them felt like they fit. I’ve come to accept this. It’s probable that, despite the fiction that we were…
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Where I’ve Been
A blog where I reveal where I've been for the last two years.
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My Story of Stories
The first time I read a book completely by myself I was 5 years old. I still vividly remember sitting on the couch of my oldest sister’s house, reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess to her. Pride filled me when I finished–I had done it! By myself! Rushing into the kitchen I told my parents. Laughing, they congratulated me. “Are you sure you read it? Or did you just have it memorized from making your sister read it to you a thousand times.” I was deeply offended by this accusation that I had ‘cheated’ in reading a book by myself for the very first time–with all the…