Quarterly Goals: April – June 2020

Image Description: an illustrated picture, the background of the picture is a peacock-blue, while the foreground is dominated by the image of an archery target-stand with three arrows lodged within a series of aiming-circles printed on the target stand. Quarterly Reading Goals Quarterly Reading Quota: Read a minimum of 5 books per month or a … Continue reading Quarterly Goals: April – June 2020

Quarterly Goals: July – September 2018

Image Description: an illustrated picture, the background of the picture is a peacock-blue, while the foreground is dominated by the image of an archery target-stand with three arrows lodged within a series of aiming-circles printed on the target stand. Quarterly Goals: ~Write one Stim Toy Review post per month (try to post on a Monday) … Continue reading Quarterly Goals: July – September 2018

Writing Resources: Working From Home

Writing, as an industry, is contradictory. In order for a writer to meet their goals, they need to isolate themselves away from the world and create and polish their current Work In Progress manuscript/project. But refusing to emerge from The Writer's Cave can damage a Writer's ability to keep up healthy social relationships (and the … Continue reading Writing Resources: Working From Home

The Social Media Dilemma

Most of the time, I enjoy using and learning about Social Media, however recently I have begun to feel as though The Oatmeal might have a better grasp of the situation than I do. Social Media has begun to take a very large chunk of my time, time I could be using more productively, however … Continue reading The Social Media Dilemma

Yearly Review: My Aim Needs Improving

On the surface, it would appear as though 2014 was not my most productive year: Goodreads Challenge Aim: Read 100 books in a year Achievement: 12 books read in 2014 Book Reviews: Aim: Read and Review all the books in the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix Achievement: I managed to read and review three, … Continue reading Yearly Review: My Aim Needs Improving

NaNoWriMo: The 50,000 Word Mark

yEdit Word Count: 51, 423 words Microsoft Word and NaNoWriMo Word Count Validator: 50, 898 words Distractions: -Youtube: Yeah, this should be pretty self-evident from my Tumblr page -Tumblr: However Tumblr sort of balanced out in the end, lots of writing articles were posted up on Tumblr which were really helpful. Credits: I wanted to … Continue reading NaNoWriMo: The 50,000 Word Mark

NaNoWriMo Preperation: The Last Damn Minute

Yeah... You know that saying that if it wasn't for the last minute nothing would get done? Well I starting to suspect I'm the living embodiment of that expression. The NaNoWriMo Checklist: How are you feeling right now? On the Outside: On the inside: Do you have snacks? Yes, I have, I have salted nut … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Preperation: The Last Damn Minute

Come Together

I found this picture on Facebook through my various contacts: If you live in Victoria (Australia) please get involved, Sherryl Clark knows what she's talking about, I can't recommend her enough. However, this picture did inspire an idea. While I'm aware that NaNoWriMo will have group meet-ups scheduled, however because my lack there-of a driver's … Continue reading Come Together

Reading Checklist – Fiction

Things have been a little crazy this past week with my grandpa's funeral in Merimbula, the Wentworth Show in Wentworth, and my offical declaration of becoming a mobile phone serial killer. My phone battery died and because the way it's built, the battery can't be replaced and the battery can only be charged when it's … Continue reading Reading Checklist – Fiction