NaNoWriMo: Please Stand By

I'm stressed out and have too much work to do, so naturally I'm procrastinating by working on different things with less severe deadlines, that way I'll be in a constant frantic state of feeling like I've accomplished nothing and time keeps bleeding away. Some days I'm just plain not disciplined enough to be a full-time …

NaNoWriMo: Character Creation Mode

It's November first. NaNoWriMo is upon us and I have a working idea (unless I scrap it at today's write-in, like I did last year). When Brian got home from work at 7am I dragged myself out of bed for the world's earliest brunch (at that hour it's just breakfast, don't try to trick me) …

Feigning Diligence

It's October and here I am, excuses in hand and apologies for months of neglect. I've been busy in other things--in addition to my photography (NSFW), I've also launched an Etsy shop called Saint Drusilla. It's mostly knitted goods right now, but I've been busily adding to my stock, drafting patterns, making things, shopping for …

A Mid-month Check-in/The Letter

Friends. Things aren't going well. I never set a target word count for April, instead intending to get a workable draft for a collection of short stories and poems, which on the surface seems like a much more forgiving goal. It's not. Word count would have been so much easier; I wouldn't be sitting here side-eyeing …

We’re the Walking Dead

Hi! This post title is part pandering and part fact; I spent fourteen hours on my couch yesterday doing The Walking Dead marathon leading up to last night's finale, because I was THAT FAR behind in the season thanks to AMC's terrible video on demand options and not having cable when the season began. I feel …

Nanowrimo 2012: Unsolicited Advice

Forgive me for reposting, but the timing seems relevant. I wrote this last year at the end of 2011's NaNoWriMo, and I thought I'd share it here since this has become my de facto writing journal. I’m going to have a tiny sappy moment here. Janie and I talked about doing NaNo for a few …