Tag: personal blog
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Top 10 Study Items I Use Daily
As with most things in life, when you are a student, writer, studier, or similar, you will no doubt find what works best for you. Consider what rhythm you have found in your own studies. The where, when, and how as well as the trial and error of how you found this rhythm. Stationery and…
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* distain
Sooo sick and tired of the waiting game that oh so lovingly accompanies a military move. For anyone who has not been through any kind of military move, just know the PG version of this the phrase to my left is thrown in your face as a sort of shrug. Order selection can take a…
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Novel Research
Definitely not the type of person to think that I know everything, but the amount of research I’ve done so far for this novel has kind of surprised me. The story I’m writing is set around the late 18th century. It is a fantasy world, but relates to our world for most things. The moon…
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Let That Shit Go
The house is currently in a state of organized chaos. There is order to the madness, but after packing most of the decor yesterday, I feel like I live in a strange hotel. Everything so simple and clean; very minimalism which is the opposite of my aesthetic. We are continuing to jump through hoops as…
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Bit of a funny assignment.
Below is an argumentative essay I wrote in my college-level English comprehension call. There were a few few different topics we could pick from, but they were all compare and contrast two things, then make an argument supporting one of the side. The topic I picked was compare and contrast two villains from movie or…
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Art
Just added an art page on here to display works I have done in the last few years and a place for new works as they come into creation. I am comfortable with pen and ink, pointillism, oil paints, acrylic paints, watercolors, and mixed media drawings. After our move, I am hoping to have an…
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Page 22
Started on page 22 of my attempted novel today. I really hate to sound trepidatious, but writing has been going pretty smooth. Like too, smooth. Like I feel that there should be some other struggle than having to stop writing only to empty my bladder again. With that said, I know that the ‘hit a…
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Writing: POV
The point of view (POV) that a writer chooses for their work is determined by several factors. Genre, or the type of writing, being the main one and how the context of the writing needs to be conveyed to the reader comes in second. There are three main types of writing POV’s to consider. Which…
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Book Writing
Writing a book is one of the most emotionally confusing and mentally exhausting undertaking one can make. As I was packing, I found a very rough draft of a short story I started years ago as part of a creative writing class stuck in a box of things to forget. I read through the draft…
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Moving
In my first post, I mentioned an upcoming move. My husband is in the Navy and is being stationed overseas next spring. The animals and I are not going with due to many reasons and before you tell me how hard and sad that it, do not worry, I know. The upside to this, is…
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Write. Read. Repeat. 