writing

  • Paradiso Challenge

    Paradiso Challenge

    For the month of April, I’m taking a challenge I saw over on … Bluesky I think? Although it probably started out over on Instagram …

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  • Paradiso

    Paradiso

    And now to deviate from navel gazing, it’s time for an update on Paradiso! I’m happy to report that it’s coming along nicely, and I’ll be posting a couple things both here on the blog portion of this website and on the page dedicated to it. I’m really excited about this story and cannot wait…

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  • 148

    I’m going to try and do NaNoWriMo again this year (add me, jujujuniper, if you want any more accountabilibuddies!), and honestly? I may be able to win … I have been spending a lot of time coming up with the plot and characters for my project, and the level of excitement I have for it…

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  • on rotation

    on rotation

    It’s my last week of relative freedom – I still have work, which BOO – so I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing, specifically on my Paradiso project. I haven’t talked a lot about it because it’s still very much in its first stage, but let’s just say I’m super excited about it. Part…

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  • on rotation

    on rotation

    Now that I’ve got my two main characters outta the way, I can go into the major characters! First up? Sunny, Jill’s longtime best friend. Sunshine “Sunny” Colon-O’Bryan met Jill in a ballet class when they were four years old and instantly bonded (Jill quit after a couple of classes, but their parents saw how…

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  • on rotation

    on rotation

    And now onto Abby, the younger sister! Abby is a successful social media manager for a local chain of coffee shops, and she also runs a small web designing company, which is her true passion. She recently inherited the house of her biological maternal grandmother, and she and her husband, Steven, moved in shortly before…

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  • on rotation

    on rotation

    I’m trying to get to know the two main characters of my novel (to be turned into TV script or scripts), and I’m trying to branch out in ways that I haven’t before. I’ve created (goes to count) five Pinterest boards that are dedicated to Jill & Abby, and I’ve created playlists for most of…

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  • 45

    45

    I’ve never actually participated in Camp NaNoWriMo before for two reasons: I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know when it was. But I’m changing that this year. I’ve been playing around with NaNoWriMo since … 2009, I think? And I almost always fail by the middle of the month, but Camp NaNo seems…

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  • 32

    I am somehow managing to keep my word count rising, and for this I am thankful. Still, send cookies.

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  • 31

    Tomorrow begins my journey into slaving over 50,000 words that may or may not ever become something! If you’re so inclined, feel free to add me as a buddy over there, and we can cheer each other on as fellow masochists.

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