Back in February, I decided to make the Princess and the Pea diorama my big project for 2025. However, since finishing the nightgown in April, I have done absolutely nothing on this project. While I have done plenty of other things (from spinning yarn to attending conferences), the only step I’ve taken towards finishing this... Continue Reading →
The Unknown Rules to Novel Writing
I finished NaNoWriMo in record time this year. I had written 50,000 words by November 23rd and finished my story on November 24th. I had five days to do other things at the end of the month, and one of the things I did was look back over November to figure out why my novel... Continue Reading →
Creating Requires Facing the Unknown
November is less than a week away and I'm having my usual pre-NaNoWriMo* jitters. I've done this nine times before, and every October the same thing happens. I start thinking "what am I going to write?" I get anxious about planning, figuring out what my story will be about. The fear rises up, threatening to... Continue Reading →
