we're all mad here
So, in an effort to remain transparent about my writing process, this is where I’m at today, as opposed to three days ago: Yup. Three days ago, I talked about how every single word that I’d written for this novel so far had been like pulling teeth, and then I decided to write a little…
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It has been an honest struggle getting to this point. For some reason, a whole lot of the 93k words in the first two parts of Saints 2 was a fight. They just did not want to come out. It was weird, too, because normally when the writing isn’t coming, I just abandon it and…
Read MoreI LITERALLY ONLY HAVE ONE CHAPTER LEFT OF PART TWO COME ON, MARY STOP PROCRASTINATING, AND WRITE THE DAMN CHAPTER it’s not even going to be that long. a couple thousand words. just gotta torture one of my characters real quick. but every time I start to write, I pick up Shadow and Bone instead because…
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I hate it because it’s real, and it’s a thing that happens, but the phrase itself writer’s block doesn’t feel like an accurate representation of what’s going on in my head. Because I posted last month about writing 30k in 15 days, and I continued writing up until 49,975 (which is super frustrating af let me…
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Happy love month! I hope you celebrated with a good book or two. I, uh, definitely cried a little this month over characters that I loved, and I had a lot of fun doing it, haha. I was recently talking to my two roommates about enjoying a good cry, and the male one was like,…
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Happy Tuesday! I’m back to work after a four-day weekend that was honestly everything that I needed. I left early Friday morning, delayed actually leaving the state because I had to get gas and pick up snacks at Target, and then it was on the road for four hours. I listened to Apple’s Dance radio,…
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Hello! The last time I posted about my bookshelves was in July of 2017, so it’s high time we talk about them again. I’ve done a few small reorganizations in the months following that post in July, but nothing that really stood out. I was also rereading the previous History of the Reader post (conveniently…
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A funny thing just happened. I realized I hadn’t really written over here about what was going on in my writing life lately, and that the last Saints 2 update was on 1/24. I remembered, however, that I once did a 20k in 10 days post, and kind of unraveled what this story was about…
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Well, we are officially into 2018 now, and I am starting out strong. I’ve been a busy little bee this month in all aspects of my life, including reading, so there are quite a few book reviews down below for you. Next month, I’m heading up to Maine for a long weekend, so I’ll be…
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An exciting thing happened to me over the weekend. I wasn’t really planning on writing this blog at all until about halfway through part two of the exciting thing, and then I realized that since one of my books is heavily based inside of a teashop, I should probably review the teas that I bought…
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Mary and the Words 