Publication #11!

My article for the school’s news blog is up! This marks my 6th journalistic publication and my 11th total publication since my 28th birthday! After all of the NaNoWriMo stress I’ve been feeling the past week, this was a good booster for my ego and self-confidence. You can view a copy/paste of the article here,…

Inali

A few people have asked me about the topic of the story I’ve chosen to write for NaNoWriMo. As surprising as this may be, I actually decided to pick back up on the story I had begun for my Science Fiction and Fantasy Course at Full Sail University, The Revenge of Inali. Under the patient…

Deficit

Despite my best intentions, I am going into day 5 of NaNoWriMo at a deficit. I only managed to pump out a few hundred words on Friday night and wasn’t able to write anything on Saturday, as I was out of town. Last night, amid a cacophony of cheers as my husband watched football in…

Priorities

Ok. I did it. On November 1st, I managed to finish the entire rough draft for my transmedia marketing proposal for school, read almost 100 pages from my textbook, hit the gym [in the morning – bonus points], and chugged out the first 2,300 words for NaNoWriMo. Whew! I’m exhausted just recounting it. Tonight, I…

1,667

1,667. The minimum number of words I need to write every day, beginning November 1st through the 30th. I am a masochist. And I will produce a novel in 30 days, even if it kills me.

Motivation

My to-do list is so long that I’m not sure where to start. Presently, I have a homework assignment begging to be started, approximately 100 pages to read out of my textbook, a screenplay to finish, a novel to start [hello, NaNoWriMo!], and that’s not even counting my personal commitments away from my laptop. Dishes,…

Publications 8, 9, and 10!

I just received word from Full Sail University’s literary magazine, The Aviator, that two of my poems and one piece of my flash fiction have been selected for publication. Yay! In addition, one of my poems was selected for the “Editor’s Award,” which I’m guessing is the favorite piece in the chosen genre. Woohoo! Normally,…

The Bet

A few weeks ago, a classmate and I were chatting about how many great projects we’ve started so far while in school and how disappointed we were that we hadn’t finished them. He and I have become good friends over the last two years and we both recognize a lot of talent and potential in…

7th & 6th

Today marks the sixth anniversary since my father passed away from kidney cancer. I was twenty-two years old, just seven months away from my wedding day. A week before he died, I had no idea his cancer was terminal. To this day, I’m not sure if my father had known and didn’t want to burden…