Written by November 5, 2021

All About Motivation (Tips + Tricks To Staying Motivated)

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Last week, I discussed outlining and the beginnings of a story. In the time between last week and today, I finally finished writing my ghost story! The actual writing/drafting of this novel was very different from my other, more scattered drafting moments. I decided to try a few new things and learned a lot about

Written by October 29, 2021

Let’s Talk About Outlines

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Hello everyone!  We have just a few days left before November arrives. It’s almost Scorpio Races season, Thanksgiving, Christmas prepping, and for my fellow writers, NaNoWriMo.  Similar to last year, I’ve decided not to do NaNo this time around, mainly because November is such a crazy month and my writing projects don’t line up super

Written by October 15, 2021

Keeping Books Uninjured (+ Some New Things Coming!)

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As a book lover, I often swoon over pretty book covers. I’ve wasted so much time simply wandering the aisles of a bookstore, looking at all of the amazing covers. But with this love comes tragedy. My book-loving heart breaks a bit every time I see a book with a creased cover or broken edge. 

Written by October 8, 2021

Writing Insults (Post Swap with Caetlyn Dawdy)

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We have something a little different happening this week… Caetlyn Dawdy and I have decided to do a blog swap! I wrote a post about 18th century fashion over on her blog. Over here, Caetlyn has written a post all about how to write good insults. Onto the insulting! Caelum sneered, showing her true self

Written by October 1, 2021

The Potential of Horror Movies (ft. Goat Shenanigans)

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I’m back from my family’s last-summer-hurrah camping trip last week, and I am so happy WordPress decided to work! Not gonna lie, I came home and opened my computer half-expecting something to have exploded and/or the blog posts to have not posted themselves.  Anyways, this recent camping trip has made me look back on some

Written by September 24, 2021

Reading and Camping: A Ramble

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Every now and then, it’s really fun to write a simple, rambly post about books. Every now and then, it’s also fun to go on a camping trip. So this week, I’ve decided to combine the two. As you are reading this, I am in the mountains on a grand camping/hiking adventure. But by the

Written by September 17, 2021

Rewriting Adventures (Discovering Genres + Meet Pine Grove!)

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One of my big goals for this summer was to reoutline/rewrite my ghost story. The first draft needed A LOT of work. Like, Chopping out whole characters and reassembling them or making a super complicated chart for all of the scenes.  It was an adventure, to be sure.  This adventure was also a very good

Written by September 10, 2021

Writing About Clothes (Breaking Clichés and Wearing Corsets)

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You may have heard a little bit about it here and there, but one of my favorite non-writing hobbies is sewing. I’ve been sewing for a few years and have been making historical costumes for about a year now. I’ve been wanting to find some way to incorporate sewing into writing for a long time,

Written by September 1, 2021

Summer Adventures (Learning About Writing By Not Writing)

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Summertime is over, and I’m honestly really sad. Summer 2021 zipped by like a bolt of lightning. Intense, crazy, and fast. Even though school has started and cold weather has sort of arrived, I’m still hanging onto the last threads of summer. This week, I thought I would talk about a few of the crazy

Written by July 15, 2021

Historical Fiction Fun (At Her Fingertips Launch and Blog Tour)

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Good morning, folks! Today we are going to dive into the world of historical fiction for the launch of Kellyn Roth’s At Her Fingertips!  She’s willing to do anything to follow her plan. Debutante Alice Knight is ready for her first social season in London. She’s determined to impress society and her mother with an

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