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…

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,…

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…

Coincindence… or faith?

While my husband and I were out shopping this afternoon, I decided to take a quick peek at my school email. I’ve been checking it frequently, as I’ve been providing that address as my primary contact for most of the contests and literary journals I’ve submitted to the past few weeks. I’ve gotten very used…

The waiting game…

Currently, I have over fifteen pieces of prose, poetry, and photography out in the world right now, waiting on a decision for publication. It’s an unnerving feeling. This must be akin to being a mother, sending my newly-eighteen year old children out into the world. I hope I’ve prepared them. Raised them well. Nurtured them,…

On Rejection.

So, as I’ve mentioned in several posts, I’ve been submitting tons of work to different literary magazines, contests, and scholarship opportunities as part of my 5-in-28 goal [see, Who, me? for more info] and to try and get more established in the writing industry. As can be expected, I’ve gotten a lot of rejection. More…

Another day.

Whew. Life has been in hyper drive the past few days. Have you ever noticed that the summer months tend to crawl by [except when you’re in grade school – then they fly by like you’re at Nascar or something] and the second Autumn starts, everything starts speeding up? September came and went in a…

Cracked Magazine

I don’t have much to say today other than the fact that I’ve submitted an article to Cracked Magazine [www.cracked.com] and I am hoping – wishing! – that it gets selected for publication. It is absolutely outside of my normal writing style – it’s sarcastic, vulgar, and downright hilarious, if I do say so myself.…