I won tickets to see Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie. I suppose would be a good a time as any to mull over my complicated feelings on being one of the first in the country to see the character on the big screen. Let me be vulnerable for a moment here: I LOVED Sonic the […]
Category: My Writing
Actionable writing advice and tips that aspiring writers can use for motivation in their creative career and journey.
Writers: Learn Self-Care and How to Be Kind to Yourself
This is NOT a sponsored post. Last weekend, I experienced burnout, to the point where I felt I couldn’t write anymore. I had hit a wall. For the past month I had been writing 3 paid articles a week. In the beginning, I thought I could handle it, but by the end of last week, […]
How To Plan Your Writing Goals For The New Year
I received my Canadian citizenship in the last month of 2019, two weeks before the turn of the decade. All in all, it was a great way to cap off a rather eventful year. In 2019 I had: Where I think I faltered this year is in my writing goals. While I was successfully paid […]
Lesson to Writers: Learn How to Uncomplicate Your Life
My phone died in my arms. I was on my way home from work, and I pulled out my phone when it fell out of my hands. That was it: when I lifted the device, the screen, pristine despite millions of previous drops thanks to a sturdy case and I overzealous screen protection, was intact, […]
Reasons I Will Stop Participating in NaNoWriMo
December has arrived! I made a commitment to myself to use the month of November to really crack down on writing my novel. I sat in front of my computer and…once again crashed and burned. For those uninitiated, November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, for short. In the penultimate month of the year, […]