Social media will kill your motivation

BIPOC author rant. Querying is hard enough as it is without the demotivation. Is it me?

Writing the premise

I followed a helpful instructional video by Jed Herne. If you want to learn more about my novel, keep reading.

Motivation*(Intention+Discipline)^Agency

One gets you started. The other keeps you going. It’s not what you think. The recipe for success in any endeavour.

A Kaleidoscope Coming into Focus

Feedback is a great way of learning more about how my ADHD affects the people around me.

Writing the final Chapter

To the tune of ‘The Final Countdown’

Reaching a peak before the summit

We are bombarded by subliminal messages that say we should be frustrated by the long and onerous journey. The journey is neither long nor…

A rooster struts his stuff

Celebrate your wins like Peter Pan.

A writer… writes?

On productivity, watching my cat chirp, and finding the muse.

Caught in the net

Imagine if a doctor had never told me that I would become obese. Imagine if, in my healthy state, I continued eating and enjoying life…

We are our worst, and best, critics.

I expanded a very long prologue, folding it into the novel. Then I cringed. Did I just ruin everything?

Feedback. A difficult pill to swallow.

It feels like a bullet, but objectively — it is what makes you better.

The First Chapter

A lesson in writing fantasy: be flexible to where your story starts.