Category: Writing Life

Updates May 16-21

Hello,

Thank you for the likes and follows.

The weather has been getting warmer every day. It is a good thing. The trees are green, and flowers are blooming, bugs are flying around. I no longer have any excuse not to do a recommended health walk outside.  Writing about walking outside in this update is apart of making myself accountable.   Writing can lead to health issues- posture, weight, sleep, and the most hated carpal tunnel syndrome.  If the writer is not careful.  Health and over all well-being have been something I have struggled with for years.  Health and being creative are connected.  Once that was understood, I stopped labelling parts of my life as writing life and real life.  They influence and affect each other.  Something to keep in mind if you are a creative person. 

In writing news, there is not much to tell.  I’m still not satisfied with word count but that is something that can be worked on.  So, it is a work in progress.  Thinking about the future, I considered entering a writing contest or two.   I don’t know if I am up to that challenge yet, but I started to look through stories I started as short works.  There are about five on file.  Two are supposed to be part of the same universe. 

May is called Asian and Pacific islander month.  I didn’t always know this.  A YouTube creator started an Asian readathon a few years ago.  I found these two books on the recommended reading list and I indulged.  A Pho Love Story by Loan Le.  It is a Romeo and Juliet type of story with Vietnamese families and food.  I think this is the author debut book, and full disclosure I am listening on audible.  The story is told in first person POV and just better for me on audio.   The other story also first person POV is the Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso.   It is fantasy told from perspective of the Queen and I am so there for it.  Often fantasies are told about the poor orphan from the country or bottom of the city. This is a story about a person in power and the haters that are after her.   The queen’s responsibility to her people and to herself is the conflict.  I find it interesting and comparing it to the graphic novel Vagrant Queen by Magdalene Visaggio.  A topic for the Wednesday review or essay.  Those are the fiction books.  I am still listening to Germs, Guns and Steel by Jared Diamond for non-fiction.  It was stated that it would take about 2 weeks to complete reading and listening to that book.  I promptly got distracted on other things.  My bad.  I used to take a commute to work and often listen to books all through the day at work.  I am no longer doing this, so adjustments are being made. 

This week’s goals are of course writing 8000+ words in the romance novel Star Crossed.  Deciding which short story will be worked on in the next month and the choice for the writing contest.   Once I write it here, I must keep to it and update you all later.   Nothing yet is confirmed I am just looking. 

I hope this week goes well for everyone. We may not get what we want, but let’s hope we get what we need.

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Updates May 03-07

Happy Birthday Sis!

She is also a teacher. Google is telling me it is Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you Teachers for doing the work you do.

I am feeling in the doldrums this week. I learned that it is a nautical term not a weather term. It means to be caught in on windless waters. It tends to happen near the equator. Is it possible I feel like this because I am in the middle of my book. Normally I write my way out of this feeling. This update is done on Sunday but if noting the date. You will see that this post is started on Monday. The weekend was lackluster despite achieving most of writing task for the week.

Writing is my primary goal most of the time. However I understand that to be a content person with a positive outlook on life, I need to incorporate other things in life. Health, well-being, environment are all key factors in being a better person. It is a challenge to maintain positive life goals and writing goals, for me they tend to clash. This week I will be looking into learning how to balance these situations.

The reading list have not been conquered and since I’ve written about it. I need to make some headway. There are some animations I would like to discuss and of course the streaming movies or shows that are catching the eye of some reviewers. Let’s hope I pull myself up by my bootstraps.

Thank you for the likes and followers. I do see them and appreciate it. I hope for all of us this week goes well.

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