Writing 5am Writer’s Club Challenge – Day Seven
July 27, 2020 admin

After a full week of anxiety, concern, and yelling at my keyboard, I was anticipating something big happening on my last day of the challenge. When it comes to my big projects, Murphy's Law tends to kick in the second I'm about to finish. Naturally, I thought I would find some loophole which would render a full week of hard work useless. Or I'd run up against a case of writer's block so severe I would be stuck looking at a blank screen for an hour. But in the end, I was pleasantly surprised. 4:30 - Let's do this. 4:45...

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Writing 5am Writer’s Club Challenge
July 21, 2020 admin

Today was Day One of my 5am Writer's Club Challenge. Which meant that today, I promised myself I would: Wake up at 5AM, starting on Tuesday July 21st, 2020.Write for one hour.Focus only on those creative passion projects you're always putting off. No marketing writing, no writing for social media, only work on a story that means something to you.After your hour is up, write a quick blurb describing today's writing session.Do this daily until July 28th. So how did that turn out? Well, here are my notes: 4:45 - I wake up with my alarm, only moderately ready to...

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Writing #PublishPath – Step One: Have something worth publishing.
March 2, 2020 admin

So I finished a short story. I work as a line editor, content writer, and overall freelance writing professional. I write almost everyday, but don't always have time to focus on my personal projects. But through hard work, and re-adjusting my schedule, I finally finished a short story that I've been tinkering with for months, called 'The Cow'. And I think it's finally time to send it out into the world. This is a little nerve-wracking for me. While I am a published author, it's been several years since I queried my fiction. I know the basics, but figuring out...

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