Today is day 335 of #writingwordseveryday. Only a month away from writing everyday for a whole year, I'm proud of my accomplishment, but also humbled that I have the opportunity to do what I love every day. That being said, recently I've had a little trouble finding my words every day. Like many people, I suffer from a chronic illness that is mostly invisible and mostly manageable...except when it's not. So I apologize for being less present lately in person and online. I've been recovering from a relapse event and trying to more actively manage my condition. To all those out there also suffering who outwardly look healthy and happy, know you're not alone and that you can still achieve your dreams. It may just take more time than you want or expected it to. Focus on your good days, let go of the bad ones, and just learn to move forward every day even if it's only baby steps. Happy Friday.
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Not the post I wanted to do today, but here we are. So, recently it was recommended to me that I join Tik Tok and then my publisher also asked if I had a Tik Tok presence. In light of all this sudden toking about Tik Tok (yuk yuk), I decided to set up an account. I have to say that so far, this has not only been a major frustration, wasting hours of my life, but also caused my Facebook to crash and me to get temporarily blocked on Facebook. For some reason that the internet has only been able to explain as either a harmless glitch or me getting "shadowblocked," I cannot follow or like other people's videos and after a very exciting initial bout of views and likes lasting a couple of days, I now am getting 0 watches, 0 likes, and 0 follows. I also had one of my videos with stock video editing software background music muted for sound copyright infringement. When I tried all of the recommended "fixes" for this "glitch," I ended up clearing my internet cache and that's when all hell broke loose with Facebook and some other websites. Kinda at my wits end here and don't know what to do. I have to assume that deleting my account and trying to set up a new account will only make the problem worse. I'm on FaceBook, I'm on Twitter, I have an Instagram account, I have a Pintrest account, and I have a YouTube channel, and I've never had so much difficulty with a social media platform before! #Disappointing. Keep Writing and Edit On
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or It Gets the Hose Again. Just Keep Writing...Just Keep Writing...Writing, Writing, Writing! Writing is Magic! The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. Actually, it's been a while, or a period of time (not awhile, adverb meaning for a period of time). I apologize. This summer brings with it the special obstacle of being able to be out in the world again. Now that I'm vaccinated, everything seems oddly almost normal, except that we want to go everywhere and do all of the things with all of the people. I am still plugging away at several projects, and just received the galley (pre-publication book) of the reprint of Moonlight Medicine: Epidemic to proofread. Hopefully the MME reprint by Dragon's Roost Press will be out sometime next month. I am also in the middle of writing the fourth book in the WHISPs series, trying to edit my vet school memoir, and have finally finished editing a short story called "I see" which I then submitted to the Writer's of the Future contest (wish me luck!). When I have a moment to spare, I'd like to put together a collection of my unpublished short stories including three that won honorable mentions in previous Writer's of the Future Contests. Just thought you'd like a quick update. Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. Welcome 2021! Here's hoping we at least learned a thing or two from 2020. But just in case you need a little reminder or just want to read some really wonderful stories and give to a worthy charity of your choice, https://www.survivingtomorrowanthology.com/. Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. I thought I'd blogged about this before, but I can't find that blog in the past six months of posts, so if I've already complained about this please forgive me. I'm having serious angst about my current project which is a memoir about my time in vet school. At first I was going to leave out all names and not even mention which vet school I attended, but more experience writer friends said, "No! You must name names!" Maybe making everything anonymous made it seem more like a fictional story, but now I'm kinda freaking out about putting my actual, real life experiences out there for all to see. How could readers not judge me and my life decisions? In the book I often refer to myself during this time of my life as a "proto-human," but even so. I'm afraid that instead of the closure I wanted from this book, I'll get new scars (spoiler alert: vet school was emotionally scarring). I'm also concerned about fallout from people and events mentioned in a less than rosy light, even with the preface that all events are to my personal recollection only and tainted by the corrupting influences of emotions and time. Oh well, maybe I should just stop whining and finish editing the thing. Who knows if it'll even get published anyway. Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. So, since my lasts post was kind of a downer, I wanted to post a really inspirational post today. But then some a-hole hacked my Instagram account. I haven't even posted on it for over 2 years, so it wouldn't be such a big deal except this comes just about 2 weeks after my FB and Amazon accounts got hacked. Seems like some people have found something productive to do during the pandemic! :P And I just read this morning about more a-holes using this pandemic as political leverage. I'm just done with people this morning, really I am. So my sincere thanks to all those rotten apples out there spoiling the world for the rest of us. I hope karma really is a B@#$%! To everyone else, have a great weekend! Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. If there is any silver lining to the current situation, it may be getting our time back. No errands to run, no events to go to, and for some, not even their day job. Now you have what you always claim to have too little of to devote to writing, time. And what a writing prompt. Did any of us ever think we would live in times with "social distancing?" Maybe this is mother nature's way of telling the world to slow down, stop being busy, and remember what's important. Need more inspiration?: nanowrimo.org/what-is-camp-nanowrimo Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. A beekeeper is in the ER with an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Nurse: Where are your hives? Beekeeper: Down the road a few miles on my in-laws farm. Nurse: [Gives beekeeper funny look then begins to laugh.] No I mean your hives. Beekeeper: [Flushing with emberassment.] Oh, on my legs, chest, and neck. Two woman are driving in a car. Woman 1: Oh, did you hear? The construction on that overpass has been halted because they found underground mines at the construction site. Woman 2: Mines! From what, who? The Michigan militia? Woman 1: Um, no. Like old iron mines. Woman 2: Oh...I thought you meant land mines... Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer. This year let the new year come with a new world of possibilities instead of resolutions. I feel like resolutions are things that ultimately stress us out, so instead I choose to face possibilities in 2019 instead of resolutions. May your possibilities be endlessly motivating and move you to new heights this year! Cheers Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! Writing is Magic. The First Rule of Write Club is You Talk About Write Club. If You Aren't Writing, You Aren't a Writer So, welcome to 2018. The new year finds me breaking new ground with my writing. I have sent my first query letter to an agent (2 actually, woohoo!) and am putting together my first author resume for the Isle Royale Artist-in-Residence Program. These experiences remind me that as a writer, I should always be expanding my writing in some way. Joining panels at conventions and talking about new and exciting topics is one way of doing this. Also, making new networking connections. Trying a writing contest or a new writers group can also keep you on your writerly toes. Even if you don't have anything to pitch right now to an agent, work on an elevator pitch for your half-finished novel. It will be great practice for later. I guess what I'm trying to say is this: there are lots of experiences of being a writer other than writing. Try some! :) Keep Writing and Edit On.
I Write, I Edit, I Write Again. Witness! We're Making Better Words, All of Them, Better Words. I Write to Burn Off the Crazy. A Good Day Writing is a Day Writing. It Puts the Words on the Page or it Gets the Hose Again. Just keep writing...just keep writing...writing, writing, writing! |
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