HI FRIENDS.
As of last night, I've successfully brought the catalyst in Project Death down from ~18,000 words to 11,084 words!!! (This is close enough to my 10K goal that I'm okay moving onto the beast that is my "debate" period bahaha.)
My goal for today is to reread what I have, map...
2023-09-20 17:18:21 +0000 UTC View Post"All the months are crude experiments, out of which the perfect September is made." - Virginia Woolf (or so the internet tells me, I couldn't find where she'd written this, but it's a wonderful quote so I'll take it regardless lolol)
All that to s...
2023-09-04 17:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends!
Popping up out of my introvert hidey hole (less cute than a hobbit hole, though a writer can dream) to bring you the vlog for weeks 5, 6, & 7 of my experiment!! We're nearing the end and I still haven't quiiiiite figured out what "final exam week" should look like, so ...
2023-08-20 14:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends, hello!!
First off, can I just say that YouTube picks the absolutely BEST thumbnails? Bahaha. That moment in time perfectly encapsulates how I've felt the past few weeks.
To start, I had my first lingering migraine of the summer. (On my birthday too, a bummer!) Then I had a...
2023-07-28 15:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all! Sorry for the late notice. I caught a bug yesterday and thought I'd be fine by today....I am not.
Hope to see you Monday at 2pm CDT!
If you still want some sprints today, the #30HWriteathon is happening today. 30 hours of sprints!2023-07-08 13:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post
HI FRIENDS.
Hope the start of your July / Camp NaNoWriMo / we're-halfway-through-the-year-freakout is going well!
First, I wanted to share Week 1 of my Summer Semester Writing Experiment! (I will have a different thumbnail when it goes live, hopefully in a da...
2023-07-05 14:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostThis Saturday marks the start of the second, and final, Camp NaNoWriMo of 2023 and I've just now created my project:
The project name is the exact same as one of my "classes" for my Summer Semester...
2023-06-26 17:46:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt's three days post-#24hrnovel and I feel like I've finally recovered.
(Spoiler: I did not last for 24 straight hours. I spent most of Sunday and a smidge of Monday finishing the experiment.)
But you know what?? I had a blast! This might even be my favorite version of the 24-hour wri...
2023-06-22 21:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post
OMG OMG OMG EVERYONE. It's almost time.
I feel like I've been gearing up for this #24hrnovel challenge for forever (even though I've only known about it since April). IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. *cue Rocky theme song*
As you can see, graphic design is clearly my passion. More important...
2023-06-16 15:16:55 +0000 UTC View Post
So I tried to make a GIF of my timeline, all pretty and rainbow and complete, in order to celebrate but I'd say the quality is a liiiiiiiiiiiiiittle lower than expected bahaha.
BUT IT'S THERE. In all its fuzzy glory!
For the first time (ever?? I'm pretty sure EVER), I have a completed...
2023-06-08 14:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostI'm not sure if it's zeitgeist-y or Big Magic-y or what, but one of my favorite things is when several people have a similar idea all at the same time.
Even better when it happens here on Patreon!!
2023-05-26 16:37:11 +0000 UTC
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Helloooooo writer friends. Long time, no talk, so sorry about that! I feel like I blinked and the entire past week upon coming home flashed and now I'm here and it's Monday bahaha.
Before I get too deep into business, I'd like to get a little mushy gushy for a second.
Way back in 2017...
2023-05-22 20:24:30 +0000 UTC View PostHelloooooo everyone!
We're nearing the end of Camp NaNoWriMo and I am VERY EXCITED.
Partially because I've accepted my fate in not yet finishing Project Death (again, lol) and taking the pressure off has, of course, made me write in it even more. But also because I will soon be ...
2023-04-27 15:18:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all!
Coming to you today with what could be a bit of a downer? I don't mean it to be! I'm hoping that, by sharing our concerns and internal battles, we'll feel less alone.
(Do I have a mini list going for a chatty Coffee with Kate video? Yes, yes I do. And I figured it'd be MUCH...
2023-04-23 19:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
My best laid plans met my cat Vin last night.
Picture me, in bed at 9:00pm, ready to awake at 3:00am for this ridiculous ChatGPT routine, only for Vin to decide it was time to activate Devil Kitten mode.
Running everywhere! Meowing like her life is on the line! (I'm sure everyone with...
2023-04-10 20:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all, hey! Today I present to you potentially the craziest experiment I've attempted since the 24-hour write-a-thon.
With Camp NaNoWriMo, Escapril, and the general insanity of trying to finish Project ☠️, as well as wrapping up previous month's experiments, I knew I needed a short ...
2023-04-06 16:33:53 +0000 UTC View PostHellooooooo friends!
Once upon a time, I'd said that we'd have a final March write-in, to celebrate me finishing Project Death (loooool, now hopefully at the end of April) and to kick-off Camp.
Well.
Thursday morning my best friend/co-writer informed that she'd entered ...
2023-03-31 18:46:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all, heyyyyy!
I can't believe we're in the back third of March. Like, excuse me, where has the time gone? Why so fast? WHATISHAPPENING?
Before I dive into the purpose of this post (and all the fun opening line nonsense), I'd like to brag for a moment. This is quite possibly the ...
2023-03-21 19:23:03 +0000 UTC View PostSomeone (read: me) might have forgotten to move the drafted Double Stream Days post to "publish" and was confused why they were alone on a stream last night.
I'm not proud to say it took me like five minutes blathering on before I realized my mistake bahahah.
SO I HAVE MOVED ...
2023-03-14 16:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Monday (or Tuesday, for those much farther east than me bahaha)!
So last week I was scrolling through IG and happened upon "Escapril," an event that takes place during National Poetry Month!
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Hey y'all, hey!
Perhaps a surprise to no one, as cruises are simply floating Petri dishes in the middle of the ocean, but I got sick! With the flu! (Not COVID, thankfully.) I'm feeling a littttttttle better today, after a long weekend of sleep, but still sound like I swallowed a frog.
Crawling out of my rewriting hole to come hang with y'all for a moment!
Project Death ☠️☠️ is in full swing once again and I AM SO EXCITED. Things are going super well. (Too well??) And I'm feeling confident that, while I won't be able to hit the initial February 28th deadl...
2023-02-18 03:44:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, hey everyone!
The first in the "forcing one of y'all to do a crazy, silly writing experiment alongside me" is COMPLETED!
The incredible Ash @agingerwrites has posted up her video, so I just want to sho...
2023-01-26 17:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the late notice, I just realized that I'll actually be out of town for the rest of January!
My brothers and I decided we hadn't done a "sibling trip" in a while, so I'll be venturing up to Dallas (where David lives, about 5 hours away from me), and then we'll be roadtripping our w...
2023-01-24 18:08:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, hi, hi. Back again with another questionnaire lolol. A couple weeks ago, I got this comment:
And thought it was such a genius idea. I've also often wondered what makes bad writing, especially ...
2023-01-13 15:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Clean Off Your Desk Day, word nerds!
(It is also Word Nerd Day....and Static Electricity Day, but celebrate that how you will. Safely!)
I hope y'all have had an INCREDIBLE sta...
2023-01-09 20:53:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello hellooooooo, everyone!
First off, it's time for our Double Stream Day slash End Of Year Party! Let's hangout and get some final words in on Thursday, December 29th at 7:00pm and ...
2022-12-27 23:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I cannot believe it's almost the end of 2022. December's passed by in a flash -- lots of birthdays, lots of holiday parties, feeling like I can't quite catch my breath bahaha -- and we're staring down less than 2 weeks until the New Year!!
2022-12-19 16:28:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello, hello everyone! I've got to save all my words for my NaNo project, so I'll keep this short and sweet:
AHHHHHHhHHHH WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE MONTH!
My graph is looking like so, as my mad dash continues:
2022-11-29 15:22:09 +0000 UTC
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So sorry for the late notice y'all! I thought I'd scheduled this to go live, but apparently not, silly me. 🙃
We did Day 10 sprints and now it's time for a Day 20 writing stream! We'll have some D100 chaos, some tinkly dice chaos, maybe some oracle cards, whatever y'all are feeling! Our h...
2022-11-19 23:40:22 +0000 UTC View Post