Category: Trying New Things
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I DID IT!
When I decided that I would do NaNoWriMo this month, I knew that I had lots of things working for me. I was off and didn’t need to be focusing on working in November. I had an idea that I had been working on in my head for a while. I’d even outlined a concept… Read more
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Can I Write for 24 Hours?
Probably not. But can I try? Sure. Fourteen minutes ago, I clicked on the Zoom link to join the 24-Hour Writing Sprint presented by the London Writers’ Salon. Around the world and at many different times in the day, writers logged in to participate in one hour writing sprint sessions around the clock. I decided… Read more
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NaNoWriMo Starts Today!
I first heard about NaNoWriMo about 10 years ago when I was on the Library Board when the Library was organizing activities for participants to stay motivated and have a community to write with. It intrigued me but working full time and everything else I had going on, I couldn’t imagine also writing almost 1,700… Read more
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And in the Blink of an Eye…
… Six weeks have passed and I am trying to get back to routines. I decided to take a temporary position for five weeks, thinking it would be a good opportunity to get out of the house for a bit. When I applied, I had only really wanted part time hours as I wanted to… Read more
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NaNoWriMo
I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. If you haven’t heard of NaNoWriMo, it’s a yearly challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days during the month of November. To put that in perspective, it’s almost 1,700 words per day for 30 days. When I’m focused and just freewriting without worrying… Read more
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Retreat Reflections
My first ever DIY Writing Retreat is over and I’m very positively surprised how much I got done, how quickly the time went and how much I enjoyed the weekend! When we last talked on Friday, I had decided what should be part of the day and had a template schedule. Before I went to… Read more
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DIY Writing Retreat
I’m still sitting with feeling that I’m not accomplishing enough (check out my prior posts on Chevrons of Doom and What Do You Need Right Now? to catch up) and what has been pushed aside is my creative writing, Since it’s the creative writing that I’m theoretically organizing the rest of my life around, not… Read more
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What do You Need Right Now? (AKA Time for Some Tough Love)
I wish my title was, “How I Turned it all Around & Am Getting So Much Done”. If you read my last blog, Chevrons of Doom, you know I’ve been struggling to get things done or see results from all the work I feel like I’m putting in. Each day as I continue to >… Read more
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Chevron of Doom
It’s funny. Since I haven’t been working, I feel like I’ve been busier than I was when I was working. Although I feel like I’m doing a lot and staying busy, I just don’t have a sense that things are getting done. Take yesterday for example. I had 10 things on my task list and… Read more
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Addicted to Training (yes, it’s a thing)
For a while now, I’ve been observing the fact that I’m drawn to learning more than doing. When I’m having trouble getting motivated to start writing, I pull up a course or video and think that it will inspire me to get started. It doesn’t. Instead, I get consumed by the learning and the only… Read more