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Chasing Things When You Need a Break

Ramming your head against a brick wall gives you nothing but a headache and drains your energy. I know this. I know it. Yet, it hit me like a tonne of bricks last night. As you know, I’ve been working on reformatting my manuscript for a project and searching for a missing chapter in it. While I’ve had some success, I’ve largely felt like I’m chasing my tail. That’s because I’ve been at it for…

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Stop Tripping Over Your own Feet

I finally “finished” my new Frankenstein’d master. I put that word finished in quotes because I have yet to do a final read-through before I reupload. But, last night something hit me. So many times in the past eleven months, I’ve tried to finally finish this and have run into some sort of self-induced problem. In short, I’ve rushed the process, and it’s cost me. It’s caused me stress and…

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Almost at the Finish Line

Hi all, I hope you’re having a good week. I’m happy to report that I’m almost done formatting my WIP to re-upload to Atticus. I can’t tell you how anxious I am to get writing again. I should have the new master completed in the next few days. But, I’m a little nervous too. The team at Atticus has been working overtime, and then some, to make a lot of improvements and add new features. Since…

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My Week in Review

Hi everyone, I hope you’re well. I’ve been taking this week to recharge; listening to music, watching videos online and reading. I just finished reading samples of two books on content creation on YouTube. The YouTube Formula: How Anyone Can Unlock the Algorithm to Drive Views, Build an Audience, and Grow by Derral Eves seems like a great book to understand the history of the platform and…

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Frankenstein is Finished

I am ecstatic to share that my Frankenstein’d master is finally complete. So, I’m taking the rest of the month to read books on creating YouTube content and starting a channel there, watching videos on YouTube, and listening to music. That’s all for fun. And, I can’t remember the last time I did anything for fun, especially in the last ten months. I really need this time to recharge. In June,…

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Changing Gameplans

Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well, and thank you for your continued support. Last week was a bit of a crazy week for me trying to wrap up my Camp NaNo project the same week we celebrated my niece’s birthday. So, I forgot about the blog entirely. I apologize for that. The good news is, I finished the project so I can now focus on reformatting my WIP and re-upload to Atticus and get back to…

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Perseverance Pays Off

Sometimes you just need to be a starving junkyard dog going after a bone, but do your best to be methodical about it. That’s what I’ve learned in trying to track down my missing chapter. I’ve had so many difficulties, some caused by my own impatience, e.g. accidentally deleting my notes in Google Calendar. But, I’ve found that, as I’ve slowly built my new “Frankenstein’d” master, it’s jogged my…

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When Your Eyes are Bigger than Your Stomach

At work. As we get closer to the end of April, I’m realizing two things. I’m probably not going to reach my Camp NaNo goal, and my eyes are way too big for my stomach when it comes to my writing and goal setting. It’s amazing how far from the mark I am with regarding setting goals. I thought I could get 1,968 pages done with no problem. This is between three documents, after all. Piece of cake,…

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Camp NaNo and What's Next

Hi everyone, I hope you’re well. NaNo has been frustrating at times, but I’m happy to report I’m close to reaching my goal this time around. Once I’m done the “master”, I’m going to take some time to relax and then email the folks at Atticus with my latest findings. Then I’ll focus on my idea for content creation on other platforms once I’m better rested. I seriously need to recharge; I feel…

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What Did You Look Forward to Growing Up & Camp Nano Update

Maybe it’s fatigue, maybe it’s me staring at 40. But it hit me earlier tonight; I never got excited when I turned sixteen. Turning eighteen, however, was a big deal. Because I have spinabifida, I’ve got limited feeling below the knee and can’t feel my feet. This means that I need to be very careful about things like sores on my feet and lower legs. It also means I knew from an early age that I…

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Wild Weather & What's Next for Me

Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well. Today, despite it being April, we got some wild weather. Well, yesterday and today. As you know, I’m in northern Ontario, so it’s not exactly beach weather here yet. But, I wasn’t expecting a storm—mixed precipitation, which translates into wet snow or something akin to that, and high winds and lightning. I definitely wasn’t expecting to wake up to snow.…

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Rethinking Influence in Mapping the Future

Hi all, I hope you’re well. As I continue feeling my way through the idea of posting content on other platforms like YouTube, especially given the most recent advancements in AI technology, a few things are abundantly clear. Content creation, as we knew it over the past decades, is gone. And that’s a good thing. Hear me out on this. In the past, much of the focus has been on ROI (return on…

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What I've been Binging

Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well. In my last blog, I talked about the potential for me putting out content on other platforms. While I’m still letting the idea settle and germinate to get a better picture, I haven’t been sitting on my hands. Instead, I’ve been watching videos about podcasting, how to start and what equipment to use, etc. Then there’s the other unexpected development that,…

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Building on Legacies (without a clear blueprint)

Hey everybody, I hope you’re all doing well. Ever had a seed of an idea gnawing at you, poking at you? One that won’t leave you alone? That’s where I’m at. I’ve had this gut feeling that there’s a connection between my chosen genre as a writer and a potential opportunity to put out content on other platforms. Many topics and issues that our society is currently struggling with have been…

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What are You Marinating In?

No, I know you’re not a pot roast. But we’re all marinating in something, some things. In a world full of noise, stimulation and thoughts, most of which aren’t ours; what are you marinating in? What are you listening to? What are you watching? Be it podcasts, TV shows and movies, or videos? What are you streaming? Because what we consume ultimately plays a significant part in what and who we…

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Tune Out or Tune In

Hi everyone, I hope you’re well. Today’s post is a short lesson on what (and when) to tune out so you can tune in to your own intuition. As you all know, I lost a chapter of my WIP in July 2022. As a new writer, I panicked at first. A normal reaction, of course. Then I got to work finding it. That included trying to work through NaNo on it. You all know how that went. Frustrated and somewhat…

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See you in March

Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well. I need to focus on getting through the files I have if I have any chance to find my missing chapter. So, there’ll be no blog post this week. I’ll get back to the blog as soon as I can in March. Thank you for your patience and understanding and see you then.