Scribbled Fiction

So I've actually been an indie author(or working on being an indie author) for ages longer than I've talked about it or really had an online presence to mention it. I've wanted to be an author since I started getting into writing at age eleven, and I've always wanted to put my books into the hands of other people. Obviously, like the rest of us did, I eventually did my research and found out that doing what I wanted to do would be very hard, nearly impossible unless I really put my back into it. The world of traditional publishing involved a thousand steps I couldn't understand. But for a while, I thought it was my only real option, and it was what I pursued. There was a time where I desperately wanted to be a part of Harper Collins because I noticed they published almost all my favorite books at the time, and I considered them to be the  publishing house to go with. Bit of a shame that Harper Collins was basically ironclad and impossible to get in touch with. So I ...

Photo by  Shane  from  Pexels This is gonna be a funny post, I can already tell. Ummmmmmmm as you can guess I didn't accomplish all my 2020 goals the way I thought I would. It's normal for some of your goals to fall by the wayside, because life never goes quite like you planned, but I think it's safe to say that this year didn't go the way anyone  planned at all. It was a train wreck, not gonna lie. XD My goals for 2020 were: Edit and publish Robbing Centaurs and Other Bad Ideas How it went: Um I was not counting on RCOBI needing so much work?? My big plan when I was originally planning a trilogy was to do the first drafts on three consecutive NaNoWriMos, and to edit each one in the eleven months in between each November so that they could be published, boom boom boom, in three years. How realistic of me. *nervous laughing* As it turns out, I am not Rick Riordan and I can't pump out another finished book each fall. I'm close to finishing the edits on RCOBI, or a...

What's up! It's the first NaNoWriMo update! Overview: Overall, it's going pretty good! I'm finding I only really have enough time to write about 2k a day when I was hoping to do a little more because I'm hoping the novel will end up longer than 60k, but with work and other responsibilities and just trying to keep my life afloat, that's what we've got, and I'm grateful for that much! :) This post is late because it's the second one that I've totally forgotten about until the last minute! Isn't that fun! I really did mean to do better, but yesterday was a hectic day, and the last thing on my mind was this post, sorry. Current word count: Plot wise, we're currently sitting in the first half of the second act, which is probably where I should be considering that we're already a third of the way through the month! If you're nanoing with me, well done! You've made it this far! Keep going. As far as the word count, as of right now(th...

 To be honest, I really didn't want to do this the way it's turning out, but it's not looking like I have many options. Please don't click away, just read the post. It isn't long. The long and the short of it is that in November, I won't be doing 2 intense, in-depth blog posts every week, due to work and NaNoWriMo stuff and just trying to keep my life afloat. September and October felt like a frantic rush where my to-do list was so long I kept forgetting things, so I want to avoid as much of that as I can come November. I'm only human, but I want to do better. Which is why I'm parring down on some things during November so that hopefully I can feel in control of my life again. But posting will resume in the regular way in December, don't worry! So how's posting going to work in November? Basically, Tuesday posts are going to be NaNoWriMo updates, containing my word counts, how it's going, and ohoho maybe even snippets! I'll also be checki...