Are you a plotser or a pantser? I had full intentions for #NanoWriMo2020 to plot out and be fully prepared and organized during the month of October. But as we know…. ‘the best laid plans of mice and men….’ And so here we are, November 1st and I am trying to download the update for … Continue reading Just call me Pantser this year
We live in a time where information is at our fingertips and technology can bring work to new levels with tremendous speed and ease. Never before has there been a time where there can be an excuse for lack of productivity —and everyone on social media is sure to remind you of all that they … Continue reading Break free of ‘Performing Productivity’
Everything has a limit. From how many boxes and pieces of furniture, can fit inside a moving truck (we expert Tetris players can do this with a bit more efficiency) to what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, there are limits. But when it comes to the human spirit and dreams things are … Continue reading Excuses and lies and fears, oh my! Our self-imposed limitations
Just the other month, November of 2019, I participated in my third year of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The goal is to write 50k words in one month — the equivalent to writing the first draft of a novel. Hundreds of NaNoWriMo novels have been published including Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern’s The … Continue reading NaNoWriMo
I sat there crossed-legged, hands folded neatly in my lap. My upper body was leaning forward slightly as if being pulled by some magnetic force. My breathing…..was I even breathing? I must have been. I couldn’t take the anticipation. What was going to happen? Could that tiny caterpillar really eat all of that food and … Continue reading Book clubs; A priceless membership
I suffer from anxiety. All of the time. And it doesn’t just revolve around my work or creative projects. It consumes me in all aspects of my life. I worry about my reactions and responses to others, about making the right decisions, about what will happen tomorrow or next week or even next year. I … Continue reading Making anxiety my superpower
The Golden Ages Reading and writing were activities that came as naturally to me as breathing did. I had already developed a healthy appetite for reading by the start of school, which only grew more and more each year. It wasn’t long before I could easily pass a Saturday with a new book in hand … Continue reading Re-Learning the art of storytelling; a writer’s block
“Alice started to her feet…[and] ran across the field after [the White Rabbit]…just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” ~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Just call me … Continue reading Rabbit holes, reading and writing
