There is no way that this winter is ever going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don’t see any other way out. He’s got to be stopped. And I have to stop him. Phil Connors, Groundhog Day Hello again, Dwellers. It’s been a hot minute, and I want to …
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. Jeremy Clarkson Hello, again. Thanks for bearing with a few weeks of respite from my end. Had a couple of weekends of family events back to back and it was nice to be able to fully take that time off. Nice, yes, but …
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘Round and ’round she goes, this Ouroboros of goals. This was a bad week for writing, overall. No excuses, I’m just really quite terrible at realizing the amount of time these tasks are going to take and end up wildly underestimating and suffering …
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit OH NO, WHAT DAY IS IT? List, fam, I’ve got goals and those goals do NOT afford a missed weekly article, so here we are. A day late, a buck short, …
The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. Mark Twain I am my own worst enemy in many ways. Many, many ways. I guess I could put all of them on the list of things to cover, but for now I’m focusing on the one that matters specifically for …
Why can’t we be friends? War, Why Can’t We Be Friends? True to form, I had a mapped topic for this week’s article but am tossing that out after having a quick Discord call this morning between some like-minded authors. This is the group of people I was in the competitive accountability group with last …
Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back I’ve come to accept the fact that none of my ambitions get done if I’m not tracking them, and even then it’s difficult to keep on task if I’m not having someone keep me accountable. I have terrible discipline – something I’m …
It doesn’t ring true in the slightest because it’s trying to force a situation that can’t happen organically. The Critical Drinker I took a rather extended pause on continuing work for my next novel, Catalyst, after NaNoWriMo 2021 came to a close. This was due to several factors – I was a little burned out …
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Leonardo da Vinci Happy December! First of all, I want to apologize for this being a day late. When I finished the final day of NaNoWriMo, I …
It is impossible to make time but you can always make a commitment. Johnnie Dent Jr. This upcoming Tuesday marks the end of my first NaNoWriMo. Obviously. It’s the last day of November, after all. I won’t lie, this puts me at a bit of a weird point for this article. I’ve discussed why I’m …
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