{THE WRITING LIFE }
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*creaks open the door to my bunker* "Is it over yet guys?" *man in a hazmat suit and disinfectant comes running at me* *ducks back down* Besides the Attack of the Great Spider (please put out a notice that Shelob is NOT welcome in my bathroom), it's been fairly smooth sailing around these parts. I … Continue reading Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 8
I did not actually get tagged for this BUT I'm in desperate need of a blog idea as all this quarantine isn't exactly inspiring me. I've seen this on multiple blogs so I guess I'll tag at least two people who I KNOW I read their answers, Jenna and Kenzie So, without further ado, go … Continue reading “Never Have I Ever ” Writing Tag
Good morning. I hope everyone has not lost their minds yet. If you have, you have my deepest sympathy. Enough of virus talk though. I printed out Lily (PAUSE. Ok, so Monday morning I printed out Lily. It was 8:00 am, a lovely morning. I was in a good, benevolent mood *narrator: but it didn't … Continue reading Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 7
Here's what I think a serious writer is not: 1: It's not someone who scowls all the time and never laughs or smiles and spends all their days never ever understanding even one sarcastic joke. 2: It's not someone who only writes "serious fiction" or who smokes as they gaze out the window and only … Continue reading What is a Serious Writer Anyways?
Things were weird, and then they got WEIRDER. Things are being cancelled, people are buying toilet paper like they are preparing to mummify themselves, and who new that during the apocolypse people would be stocking up on toilet paper and not booze? At the same time life just sort of...goes on??? Anyway, I vote that … Continue reading Saturday Morning Post Vol. 6
Let it be known that I hate writing in coffee shops. However, twice this year I have found myself sitting down at a coffee with my laptop and working on something (new year? new me? I DON'T THINK SO. *takes a punch at "new"*). You may wonder how I found myself at a coffee shop … Continue reading My Continuing Weird Relationship with Coffee Shops
Every time I've been sitting down to write this, it turns into a whole 'nother blog post that requires it's own headline. So here I am, trying to write this for the THIRD time. Third time's a charm, right? Right???? I've said this before, and I'll say it again: this year has been going slow … Continue reading Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 5
This Monday (writing wise) was a big UGGGHHHHHH and an even longer GAHHHHHH. *featuring me staring angrily at my laptop with a murderous glare* I was editing Lily, and it was just one of those days where this happens: Me: I don't even know where to start. Ugh this sucks. This all sucks. This can't … Continue reading Distinguishing from a Mood and What Actually Sucks
I think I write too much because I'm beginning to make up ways to spell things (not misspell, but I actually just think that a word is spelled totally differently am I losing my mind cast your vote). Example: I wrote "shrowded" instead of "shrouded." I just noticed that it's the last week of February … Continue reading Saturday Morning Post Vol. 4
At some point, after all the blogs you've read, after all articles you've scoured, and after all the books you've read on writing, you just gotta write. Because in the end the best writing advice anyone can give is: READ. WRITE. AND LIVE. NOW, that doesn't mean that all other writing advice is null. Learning … Continue reading At some point you just gotta throw all the advice out the window and jump off the cliff
