January 29, 2020

Alright, so I didn’t update the blog on Monday — my bad, yall — but I do have amazing news! * pause for dramatic effect * I finished writing and editing chapter 13 into draft 2! That’s Evercrown part 1 done; all I need to do is get some more feedback from beta-readers and I can get it to draft 3! TSOC (The Seat of Cath) hasn’t budged, but that’s okay — I’ll be working on that today after I wrap up this update.

However, while I haven’t made progress in editing more of my debut novella, I have noticed a few things I want to change in the story and have been working on how I can rearrange said things. It may add an entirely new part to the novella and bump it up to a fully fledged novel — dear God can I write nothing small? Haha, probably not, but that’s okay — whatever it takes to tell the story.

On a note I have yet to mention on here; while the number of beta-readers has grown in recent weeks even without my involvement of Tumblr/Twitter, there are still plenty of slots that are open and waiting. I can’t wait to pick the brains of some twenty odd people — it’ll be so exciting to see how others react to my work — but until then, I’m grateful to those who’ve volunteered their time, opinion, and suggestions to the writing process; they’re invaluable. Even so, the feedback I’ve received has been overwhelming positive; make no mistake, there’s been criticism and problems brought to my attention — which I’m thankful to hear now instead of after it’s published — but the beta-readers seem to like the stories!

One more thing before I go — I didn’t post my first YouTube video last Thursday. There were some technical difficulties that I’m still trying to work out, so I’m not sure when I’ll have the videos up, but praying it’s soon so yall can see who’s been typin’ on here and reach out more easily. I’ll let yall know when the videos are set in concrete, so keep you’re eyes peeled for updates on here about that.

Alright yall, that’ll be it from me this time. Have a great day and write all the things!

January 21, 2020

So, this is crazy. With one week left in the month of January I have…wait for it…ONE chapter left to write in par 1 of Evercrown! And part 4 of TSOC (The Seat of Cath) is officially edited to draft 2 as of right now (there’s only 8 parts in the whole novella, so it’s half done haha)! And, I’ve filmed seven videos to edit for my YouTube channel!

I can’t believe how quickly this whole process has flown by, but I’m so thankful that it’s going well. Part 1 of Evercrown is right on track with my plans for this quarter, and TSOC is surpassing them — my goal was to edit part 4 of TSOC this quarter…I may finish revising the whole thing this quarter. I may even start a third project to give myself something to write while I dedicate this year to editing — nothing so big as to distract me, just short stories and / or another novella.

So, with my writing on track, what I need to start tackling is getting critique partners and beta-readers to get everything ready for another round of majorly critical self-edits. But, dear reader, fret not for I have a plan! Tumblr and Twitter! I should’ve been setting up these accounts from the beginning, but I have no idea how to use them. I’m just gonna hafta get to schoolin’ myself and shout out to people, yall! Another benefit of this is meeting other writers and becoming part of the larger writing community, which again I should’ve been doing early on, but I’m still in the early stages of writing so it’s not too late for me — I hope haha!

Also — very exciting news — my first video should be ready to launch by the 23rd of this month. I’ll be introducing myself and explaining my publishing decisions for the future as well as what to expect from the channel, so make sure to give it a gander!

Alright yall, that’s gonna be it from me! Check back in for more updates — Mondays, I’m gonna try to do these things on Mondays — and peek into my socials ‘cause you’ll get updates there, too. Now go write all the things!

January 3, 2020

(This has nothing to do with the content of this blog post, but it feels crazy to type in 2020 as the year haha!)

So, I have some awesome news! While going on my morning walk (because I do those) I was talking to myself (because I give great advice) to arrange how I wanted to divi-up my year and what I wanted to achieve. Well, I decided to divide the year into quarters — lots of people do, and for good reason — and then decided I would “challenge” myself by saying, “I’m going to finish writing and revising part 1 of the first book in my series Evercrown this quarter.”

However, as I went over the list of chapters in my head, I realized I only have — as of right now — five more chapters to write in part 1…… * screeches like a little girl * . I busted out chapter 9 in two writing sessions today to get me down to only five chapters to go in part 1, and I am so happy. It feels so amazing to slip back into my characters’ heads and project the story I’ve been crafting for, like, three years.

With the number of remaining chapters in part 1, I decided to finish writing it in this month (January, for those who haven’t been outside in a while) instead of this quarter. The remaining time in the quarter will be spent revising all of part 1 into it’s third draft, thus making Evercrown half way done y’all * screeches like a little girl *. Due to my seasonal job, however, much of February will be devoted to that instead of writing because of crazy hours, but if I can complete my goal of finishing part 1 of Evercrown to it’s third draft I’ll hafta…I don’t know…I’ll get back to y’all on how I’ll reward myself, but I’m definitely gonna be relieved and maybe cry a little…it’ll be something to do with Instagram, for sure. I’ll get back to y’all on that.

Now, here’s the plan for how I’m going to tackle writing the other half of Evercrown throughout the year.

• Write a minimum of two draft 1 chapters a week.

• Revise said chapters from draft 1 to draft 2 in the same week.

• If I finish and still have more days in the week, UTILIZE THOSE DAYS!!!! (no wasted time. We need to kick it into gear!") which means working my platform, keeping y’all updated, working on my other project, The Seat of Cath, and putting the final touches to the website (it’s a little bare at the moment…don’t fret, I’ll fix it.)

As for my other project, The Seat of Cath, I will still be working on it alongside Evercrown as I said above. It’s my goal to finish revising part 2, 3, and 4 of The Seat of Cath from draft 1 to draft 2 by the end of the quarter. I think this is easily attainable as any spare time in my weeks are usually devoted to The Seat of Cath, my socials (check ‘em out, I try to have a good time on ‘em), or mental/physical health…also friends, family, books, water, and food…those are important, too.

Alright y’all, that’ll be it for this post! Keep a look out for more updates and join me on my writing journey! I hope your 2020 is wonderful and to its fullest. And, to all the writers out there reading this — write the words and make all the things!