Category: Writer’s Journey
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Feedback + Anxiety
I thought I was better prepared for receiving feedback from my beta readers than I was in 2021 when I had written my first novel (that never got past the beta stage). I thought that knowing what questions to ask and looking at it as “this person wants to make the book the best it…
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Waiting…
With my book off to beta readers I’m finding myself with a lot of free time on my hands. The hours I would spend writing, rewriting, reading, revising, and procrastinating have turned into a lot of spinning of wheels. I know there are several things that will need to be done to have everything ready…
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Terror
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As another step is nearing completion, the fear and terror are back. I expect to be done with Draft 3 by the end of the day. I have one scene to write (brand new scene) and then I’ll be calling it done. And that is absolutely terrifying. The next step is Beta Readers. Letting other…
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On to Draft 3!
I’m back from a 2-week trip with my husband. The first three days was for just the two of us to explore a new city. Milwaukee was quite pleasant, if a little cold and windy. We were able to walk around downtown easily and enjoyed the architecture and atmosphere. We visited a brewery and craft…
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TEP3 – Week 4
This week has been very different from my typical weeks. My husband and I flew to Milwaukee on Saturday, spent a few days exploring the city and enjoying each other’s company, then on Tuesday started helping set up for Adepticon (gaming convention) and experiencing that and visiting with friends the last several days. Which has…
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TEP3 – Week 2
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in creativity, Deadlines, Draft 2, Focus, motivation, planning, routine, TEP3, Writer’s Journey, writingMy goals for this week included completing at least 6 chapters of Draft 2, taking care of my foot (hurt it last week), and feeding my busy family without fast food. I was mostly successful. I have already completed 6 chapters and intend to work more with the other TEP3 folk this afternoon. It actually…
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TEP3 begins…
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This week marks the official start to The Empowered Project (TEP3). We spent Tuesday’s coaching call working on exploring and journaling about our vision for this project. We dove deep into the whys of our projects and examined what impact we hoped to have on ourselves and others. It was good to put into words…
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Continuing the Quest – 2/28/25
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This week has been an interesting one. I set several goals, both writing and health related. The writing ones have gone great. The health, not as much. But I digress… My plan for the week was to work on Draft 2 for at least 3 one-hour sessions and to update my blogs. So far I’ve…
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Step by Step
Oops. It’s been exactly a month since my last blog update. Sorry about that. Life has gotten so busy and combined with the tediousness of the current step I’m in for writing, I haven’t felt like I’ve had much to update. I finished reading Draft 1 and taking notes on what I felt needed improvement…
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Making Progress – 1/10/25
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It’s snowing here in Texas. Yes, that’s a big deal here. I, for one, do NOT go out in the snow if I can help it. I did not learn to drive in snow (or ice) and on the rare occasions when it does snow here, I do my best to stay home. People keep…