This post is now a podcast episode! You can visit this post to learn more about the podcast! When I first learned about author platforms, I was dismayed to discover that social media is an essential part of building an author brand. The majority of my experience with social media has been that of doomContinue reading “Marketing Your Book: The Importance of Social Media”
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Finding A NaNoWriMo Community
NaNoWriMo has a huge community on the main website, where you can find other authors (both aspiring and established) who are participating in the challenge. When you sign up, it gives you access to a number of features that will help you throughout the month. Your profile is a good opportunity to practice describing yourContinue reading “Finding A NaNoWriMo Community”
Making A NaNoWriMo Schedule
Here’s another post for my fellow bullet journalers! I love any excuse to make a new, fancy, aesthetic spread in my bujo, and NaNoWriMo 2021 is the perfect opportunity to do so. The spread I made has two parts to it, a word count tracker and a writing plan: The word count tracker is prettyContinue reading “Making A NaNoWriMo Schedule”
Vision Boards for Creative Writing
I’m sure you’ve heard of vision boards before, where you take pictures and quotes that embody your vision (whether it’s for your work life, personal life, or just life in general) and you collage everything onto a board that keeps you motivated towards your goals. I’ve worked with similar vision boards, but I’ve learned thatContinue reading “Vision Boards for Creative Writing”
Explaining Word Counts
With NaNoWriMo coming up, you’re probably seeing word counts being thrown around. The creators of the challenge set up 50,000 words as the goal for the month of November, but what does that actually look like? Here are some books you may know, and their associated word counts. The Picture of Dorian Gray by OscarContinue reading “Explaining Word Counts”
Storytelling for Authors: Refining An Outline
I talked about making an outline last week in this post, but… now what? I have never, not even once, created a perfect outline on the first try. Which means that there is always a step where you refine an existing creative outline. Let’s look at the outline I made last week: 1. Character AContinue reading “Storytelling for Authors: Refining An Outline”
Storytelling for Authors: Making An Outline
I’ve given advice about when to make an outline, but today I’m going to dive in on how you can make an outline. There are plenty of ways to go about it, so you’ll have to find the way that works best for you. You can take or leave any part of this process, butContinue reading “Storytelling for Authors: Making An Outline”
Preptober Is Upon Us!
Hi everyone! For those of you who may not know, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which a lot of people accept the challenge of writing a novel in a single month. Here in 2021 I’m going to be participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time in… a long time. Which brings usContinue reading “Preptober Is Upon Us!”
Working From Home – Scheduling Social Time
This might sound ridiculous, but I have to schedule social time into my weeks. Not just because I’ve been setting boundaries to have Wednesdays and Sundays off, but also because if I don’t schedule spending time with my friends and family… it doesn’t happen. I’ve been very diligent in cultivating morning and evening routines, andContinue reading “Working From Home – Scheduling Social Time”
Working From Home – Multitasking vs Meditation
My understandings of multitasking and meditation is that they are complete opposites. They can both be focused on the immediate moment, but multitasking is casting your attention like a net to catch as many stimuli as possible, while meditation is letting stimuli come and go as it pleases but keeping them from sticking for tooContinue reading “Working From Home – Multitasking vs Meditation”
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