Tossing Thoughts into the Void
A blog that sometimes encapsulates the fears, trials, and triumphs of writing. And occasionally, project updates.
Throwing Out Expectation
I've been reading a lot of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. I've gone through Way of Kings, bled through Words of Radiance until the end where I cheered. And now I've started Oathbringer. All of this since finishing what I felt was the final draft of...
In the Process of Refinement
What a wild ride the last few weeks have been. I think the hardest part about talking about rejection is the sense of failure that tags along with that concept. It's hard not to feel like what you tried to do didn't work out because of some brokenness within the...
The Dark Heart of Anticipation
In comparison to the fervor of last year, where everything was moving quickly, and change was happening at an incredible pace... the new year has felt strange. Good, in some ways. I finally have time to relax and enjoy the things I've worked hard for, but...
Which Wolf To Feed
It always seems impossible until it's done. ~Nelson Mandela So a while ago, I finished Origins, and I received some excellent feedback on the manuscript from a Beta reader I've been looking forward to reading my story. I've worked on it, but now I'm in the process of...
~ Tuesday Teaser ~
I don't have much this week! Life's been pretty quiet other than getting ready for Christmas, buying Christmas gifts, ordering chainmaille (which I still need to do) for Christmas gifts and playing with kitties. What else can I say is going on? Not much other than...
What Does It Mean To Be Done?
Is it true? Could I be done? I am not sure. I finished the latest book rewrite/edits based on beta feedback, and I feel like the story is more solid. It feels weird to be 'done' and not stressing about finding time to write. I've got other project ideas, but...
That time I wished I could snap my fingers and be done
On my best day, I'm not the best blogger. On my worst day, I'm pretty terrible. I struggle with finding time to write, and I feel an ever-increasing pressure to perform to impossibly perfect standards that no human should ever have to hold themselves up to....
Safety in Security
I liked Benjamin Franklin's quote that I used for the featured image of this post because it speaks to the safety of security. How distrust and caution can lead to the feeling of security and protection. It's true, too, that exercising caution can prevent injuries....
The Distractions of Travel
I always have grand ideas to write or to plot, plan, and finish things when I travel. I'll have all this time, I tell myself, surely I can get it all done. Invariably, I overestimate the amount of viable available time I do have. I usually stay up too late, sleep...
Little Month Around the Corner
I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else. ~ Pablo Picasso This statement is very true for me. As I close in on the last part of Origins -- which may yet undergo another name change -- the final product looks very different from that first NaNoWriMo...
Unintended Excerpt
Creativity is intelligence having fun. ~ Albert Einstein So I didn't mean to grab this screenshot (I have a bad habit of accidentally grabbing images of my home screen), but since I did, I thought I'd share. I'm terrible at sharing things before they're ready, so this...
Back in Business: An Update
I am terrible at blogging, so I'm trying to tie blogging into something I love: coffee. So here we go, unwinding the complication of internalization of experience into a cohesive (and enjoyable) layering of expectation. All with a cup of coffee in hand. I theorize,...
The Kitchen Sink Update
What a whirlwind summer! Not only did my husband and I celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary, but we also bought a new house and moved. I've had very little time for anything OTHER than being sick (all of July) and moving (all of August), and now we are in a...
Food: Bracing for Impact
Lunch comes around, and it's way too hot to go out. I mean, skin-meltingly hot. Okay, maybe not for other parts of the world, but for San Diego, it's hot. I both love and hate food. I've never been a particularly robust eater (I am very picky), but in the last...
A Snail’s Pace
What a crazy month! And it's almost over, somehow. My birthday is zooming closer and closer, and that means the end of the month looms. And then "my month" is over. Which always saddens me, because I LOOOOVE my month. In the midst of work busyness, we might be...
All Roads Lead Nowhere
My roads are always under construction. But not the good kind. Not the kind that gets better each time you drive through them, no. I feel like I'm the 30-year construction project that only ever seems to get worse, causing traffic backups and delays. The kind...
Life Lessons
Summer is nearly upon me. June is my month! Not only does it hold my wedding anniversary (15 years this year!!) but it also has my birthday! I love my birthday. I've never been worried about the years building behind me because I've never bought into age being a...
The First Summit
After two years in the making, I have finally written the final word on this Manuscript. The Fucking End. Only it's not, right? This is the first mountain, and it might feel like the largest peak to scale, but even that's not true. Now it's time for the first...
On the Road; Well Traveled
efore Christmas, I was stuck in the curve of failure and the loop of confusion. I couldn't wrap my head around how I was going to tie everything together. I had different ideas that only loosely connect....
The Origin
Tonight, I fully intended to settle down and write some more meat to this story that is hammering to get out. Instead, after a long day, I lazed about the living room and watched science shows on television. I had, after all, just pumped out 50,000 words over the...
Project: Origins
Built on monetized emotion and hidden behind a Wall, the City hovers on the brink of destruction. Its fate hangs in the balance of one girl’s choices, while an ancient entity stirs.
Life Outside of Writing
Kasten in action!
What cat is this, you ask? ➡️https://t.co/gvOFClPimA
#Caturday
📷Lisa Diaz
Striking Photos Show Israelis Standing Still For Holocaust Remembrance Day https://t.co/nAQm530dzE
Sometimes, 'No' is the best (more on my blog), once the vision is clear beyond the ego's tears. Moving forward, I worry less about the destination, focusing on the joy of the journey. I #amwriting and one day, my #novel will be ready for agent submission. For now, I journey.
Young people have helped lead all our great movements. How inspiring to see it again in so many smart, fearless students standing up for their right to be safe; marching and organizing to remake the world as it should be. We've been waiting for you. And we've got your backs.
I have been so caught up in #Worldofwarcraft and #VoidElf leveling that I have let my #novel work slide. A few more changes and I will be ready to start querying agents. Until then, I am tempted to spin off a #shortstory and post it on my blog featuring one of my characters.
Life in slow motion is a boon after so much activity, but waiting for what's to come is never hardest than after a furious season of change. https://t.co/qqSuqlgXkP