Okay so I've recovered from the Thanksgiving holiday and now gearing up for the end of the year. With the winding down, I always reflect on my goals and the progress that I made. I officially made 2011, a year of spaciousness. Ha, much easier said than done for sure but one thing I'm proud of is that I didn't get stressed out about my novel progress or even worse compare myself to other writers --- because we all know that's a losing battle. Considering some of the things I've went through … [Read more...]
Failure is Part of the Journey
November 8, 2011 Read Comments
Many of you have already read the fabulous guest post by Sara Zarr in the What Inspires You series. It's hosted on Nova Ren Suma's blog, who is the author of Imaginary Girls. I had the pleasure of being in one of Sara Zarr's critique groups last December at the Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop so I already know first-hand how inspiring she can be. So why would Sara be inspired by failure? If anything, failure is the major thing that keeps us as writers feeling like losers, alone in our … [Read more...]
Operation 50/50: Finish Line
April 19, 2011 Read Comments
It's my final milestone of Operation 50/50. For the last 50 days, I've been trying to tackle a scene a day. The reason? I want to get my work-in-progress in a polished draft form for my critique partners and betas plus make my goal of a finished novel in 2011. The whole goal was to give myself some type of structure without the added pressure of stressing myself out. As some of you already know, my day job can be sometimes very demanding, so I already knew that some of my days would not be … [Read more...]
Operation 50/50: Scenes 42-48
April 14, 2011 Read Comments
It's my semi-final milestone of my Operation 50/50. What's the deal? Writing 50 scenes in 50 days. It's *almost* over guys! I only have two scenes left! YAY! The official due date of Operation 50/50 is Friday, April 15th. Being the CPA's daughter that I am, technically you still have until Monday, April 18th at 11:59 pm to get your taxes done. Good luck! In the meantime, please keep my poor father in your prayers this weekend. Ha. Once again I used my green pen and legal pad for … [Read more...]
