Tag: writing
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Weekly Writing Updates (04.13.2026)
After two weeks of non-stop work, putting down nearly 15K words to the page, I had a feeling the steam in my engine was about to dissipate. I struggled for much of the week to show up at my desk. Between my birthday and the cold front blowing in, all I wanted to do was…
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Weekly Writing Updates (04.06.2026)
Whew, this week, I really had a flame up under me or something because each and every day, I was rearing to wake up, plop myself in front of my laptop, and write, write, write. I broke my average daily word goal of 1,000 words Monday through Thursday, which meant, I got to take Friday…
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Weekly Writing Updates (03.30.2026)
Another week filled with words for the books (aha, see what I did? So corny and I love it). Since this is my second official week tracking how much I’ve written, I thought it was time to upgrade from my very teeny-tiny stick note tracking to a full on notebook page. Last week, I had…
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Weekly Writing Updates (03.23.2026)
Before I dive in, I wanted to say a quick hello and introduce you all to this brand new, weekly email update, focused entirely around my writing practice. I thought this could be a really fun way of 1) keeping anyone who is interested in the art of writingupdated on my particular writing practice 2)…
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Solo Writing Retreat
I spent three days away from my kitties in the heart of Decatur, GA Recently, I have been down a rabbit hole reading all about writing retreats and the various forms they can take: solo, paid, group, residency. One day, I hope to participate in every known variation, but the easiest for me to embark…
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I Stripped the Cosmos Clean Today
On Processing Unnamed Emotions This long-form poem was originally written and shared via my newsletter on November 1st, 2023 I stripped the cosmos clean today. In my garden, where there once stood large swathes of orange fireworks bursting through green now lays barren and empty, not unlike myself. Have I stripped myself of color, or…
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On Envy and Self-Doubt
From the Archives This post was originally published as a newsletter on October 12th, 2023 This week, I have struggled to sit down and write this particular newsletter. Not because I have nothing to say, but because in doing so, I will reveal my incredibly flawed self. My envious self. My contradictory self. My human…
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Why my novel wasn’t on Amazon. . .
Until now I’ve had this post on my mind for ages now. Literally, months and months. It has been swirling through my brain, but for some reason, I keep failing to show up and put it all together. Thank goodness I have minor bouts of insomnia, otherwise I think it’d have perished in my drafts…
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Writing Diaries #4
I am 1/4 of the way through Give or take. I’m not actually certain how long this novel is going to be. From the looks of it, I am guessing pretty long, especially considering I have plans for my main character to travel to four different countries, including her country of birth. And considering I…
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Writing Diaries #3
On returning after a long break Wow, where did the past three months go? I turned around and BAM! it was already July. I think part of my disconnect is because Summer arrived a bit later for us than usual. I was fully prepared for rising temperatures back in early May, but with all the…
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