We all have ‘those times’. You finally get an idea for a story and it grips you enough for you to put your fingers to the keyboard. You start typing! It’s awesome! It’s monumental! It’s…run out of steam. Here’s how I solve that problem.
Tag Archives: Consistency
Stop Trying to Write the Perfect Story: How to Become a Writer
What’s the one thing all writers have in common? Yeah, that’s right, they write! If you want to become a writer, the best time to start is today and this is how you do it.
What do I Need to Know Today?
“What do I need to know” can include: What’s on the shopping list? How do I get up and face the day when I feel like crap? What’s missing from that character arc? Where did I put my left shoe? Do they make vibrators that can be controlled from across the world? (Spoiler alert, yes, they do!) Where do I want my business to go, and what can I do to make it grow?
Meditations 5: Just Move
I choose to move forward, I choose who I am, and I choose how I am going to live, one day at a time, every day, for the rest of my life.
Meditations 4: The Power of…Routines?
Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up, open your eyes and just go, ‘NOPE’? That was me today. I rolled over and went back to sleep, blessedly ignoring the world outside of my dreams. It was clear that my body needed the rest but when I finally got up, I was COMPLETELY out of whack.
Meditations 3: My Spartans
We wouldn’t expect a child to be perfect the first time they rode a bike, so why do we expect ourselves to produce a masterpiece the first time we pick up a pen?
Meditations: 1
What do we do with the time we’re given and how do we live a quote-on-quote ‘good life’? This blog explores just that, through the lens of an erotic writer and mother of two fur babies.
Dear Diary: I’m Never Drinking Again…
Dear Diary, sorry I haven’t written in a few days. I just haven’t felt up to it.
I’m never drinking again, and now there’s a video of me stripping naked in the town square and running through the water fountains declaring that I’m the Goddess of Love circling the campus.
When I find out who took it, I’m gonna kill them.
Dear Diary: The Problem With Planning Is…
So, it turns out, I’m an accidental genius. Yeah, I know, I’m sooo modest about it, but the professor loved my plan. Like, really loved it. I made that shit up in five minutes on the bus ride to class!
Morning Thought: People are like Batteries
Breaks are important. you are not an infinite source of energy and you do have to take time to recharge. You have a choice, and you can decide where to spend your energy and how much of it you want to give.