hold on for another day.wake up. open your eyes. get out of bed and take a hot shower.go to bed a little earlier. when the sun starts to go down, put on soft pants, and get yourself ready for bed earlier so you can rest. let your brain rest.spend time in the word....
So I'm not doing NaNo this year (what do you think I am, crazy?) Sophomore year of college is killing me dead and I don't know how in the world I'm going to survive some days. Adding NaNo would be the end of at least my sanity.But I'm a writer and it would...
there's something about this ideathis concept that we all have to be okay all the timeit makes you feel worse--because you look at the people around you and they're all fine but it makes you feel better--because that one person who can't hide it anymoreat least you're not herand it makes you feel worse--you're...
Hello everybody! Today I have a cover reveal for you, and a particularly special one--it's the second book in Brooke Riley's How We Rise trilogy! This series is one of my favorites of all time, by one of my favorite people of all time, and I'm so excited to share book two's cover...
it started with a playlist. a fun little playlist about happy emotions I've been having, with some happy, bouncy love songs. I went to make the playlist. and I ran into problems.namely, that there are no such songs by female artists. which is awkward when you're looking for love songs, but every love...
there are so many people out therepeople with soulspeople with darkness in their eyesthe sadness taken and twisted into something worseand then there are those who are still alonestill hurting and still so sadbut i wonder...where is the divide?when did we decide some were hopelessand some had a chancewhy do we get to...
It's been a hot second, I'm aware, and now I'm just...wondering how to pick up with what I've left off. How to return to a world that feels like it's fading away. No one blogs anymore, it seems. No one speaks. These diaries are preserved for eternity, but without endings.So I sit here...
Hello everyone! I know it's a little late into the year, but I'm writing these posts way in advance, and I have a feeling we could all use some encouragement. So my plan for April is to write a bunch of posts that will serve as encouragement for writers--urging you to keep writing,...
Welcome back, everybody! I hope your weekend was good. Today is Writing Advice day, so let's dive right in!Most writing advice likes to say "write what you know." It shakes out to a matter of...not pride, exactly, but certainty. If you're writing what you know, then research becomes unnecessary, the story becomes easier...
Follow me, He said.Of course, that wasn't all He said. He also told us that if we wanted to follow Him, we had to leave behind our homes, that even family should come second to our commitment to Him.He also said that if we wanted to follow Him, we might lose our livelihoods,...
I'm an author. I love stories. Books, writing, reading, all of it. Movies, though--those have been a love of mine since I was a small child. So now, we shall SHARE about these movies I enjoy. Just some of my top movies, probably of all time.This has hardly been a favorite movie for...
Hello, hello, hello! Time for another WIP intro.I actually started this in...*considers* August or September? Yikes. It's been a while, either way. But only now am I getting around to sharing about it! This story is a comp title to Mark of the Raven meeting Shadow and Bone. It's a high fantasy with Russian influences.Its...
Hello guys! If you're like me, maybe it's a struggle to find quality Christian music. Well, today I'm here to share some of the songs I really like, along with five Christian bands I love. Andrew PetersonWriting from the depths of his soul, Andrew has always been an inspiration to me, even though he...
The world is dark but your words are a light. Your words are a chance at something glorious, a chance to return good to this dark world.And your words are an escape. Your words can be a safe place to run to--a place to release the darkness within you and light the light...
Today I'm SUPER pumped to announce a new story! This is STILL not the super secret project *long drawn out sigh* But this one is just...I'm SO excited to announce it.I had this idea one night while lying in bed. I couldn't sleep, and suddenly the thought of a girl came to mind....
HELLO EVERYONE! Today I'm here to look at 2020 in review and my (sometimes VERY) shortsighted goals I set in January for myself. *cringes* I also need to mention as a disclaimer: I did not accomplish MANY of the things I was hoping to this year. I forced myself to stay driven, and because...
