This is good. 2020 ended, and most importantly, the pandemic’s end is in sight. According to my country’s vaccination programme, I can get my shot from April onwards. Half of me is relieved and thinking of a summer traveling, because you’d better be sure I’m gonna travel as much as I can as soon as…
Tag: Writing
NaNo is coming! The fear! The Fun!
I’m aware NaNoWriMo is as widely hated as it is beloved. Who likes it? Those who participate and find in it the motivation needed to draft at the speed of light. OK, at the speed of sound. Maybe just to write as much as possible. Now, who hates NaNo? Many people, for many reasons. In…
Back, baby
I have no clue why I haven’t blogged lately. Maybe it’s the pandemic. What else is there to talk about except crazy politics, pandemic, vaccines, social distancing, pandemic, pandemic, meh? IDK, guys, this year just feels like wasted time. Many friends of mine went on vacation during the summer, but I wasn’t bold enough to…
When the doors close
It’s been weird lately. I want to cry about this to everyone who’d listen, but I know I shouldn’t. Nobody needs my crap, my sadness, my rants. Anyway, rejection hurts. It is a scary space to inhabit and so damaging. I’m trying to focus on enjoying writing and believing in my projects, but the fear…
How to survive: A kit
I might start blogging A LOT, guys. Suddenly, I feel like documenting my querying experience here instead of on Twitter—so that I can revisit these posts and see how unhinged, or not, I was at any particular point. I’m just getting started, so prepare to unfollow because I know that, regardless of the outcome, I’ll…
The first queries were weird
I have never almost puked over the thought of hitting “Send” on Gmail. Until yesterday. And I hate Excel with the fury of thirty volcanoes, but that’s a different dread. In my nervousness, I put it off for a while, until I realized I needed to do it. I had to send out the first…
Stop seeking/needing approval
I’ll talk about several things, so, first off, the title of this post is deceiving. To make things easier, here’s a list: After fretting over the decision for the months I’ve spent trapped in the editing mines, I’ve resolved to query soon. This means I immediately freaked out and turned into a puddle of stress…
Writer friends, or foes?
Silence is a writer’s friend. Except when it comes to music. I wonder how people write without music, because there are people who write in silence and that’s crazy to me. The only silence I enjoy is the one produced by the absence of unfamiliar/unwanted human noise. And I don’t only mean I need people…
When we visit other worlds
In reality. And in books. I just returned from my first trip to the US. The biggest surprise was how different the culture is when you are there, in comparison with the image you might have from movies, music, and other cultural products. All in all, it was fun, exciting, slightly surprising, and revealing. I…
Do we ever finish editing?
Nah, we don’t. I mean, is there anything else to say about editing? No. Editing is a dark place of gloom, tears, and despair. I have heard there are some mythical beings out there who enjoy editing their manuscripts. I haven’t met them, neither want to —because I can’t trust them, man. How can anyone…
Of beta readers and beta-reading
I remember back in, I don’t know, late 2017? Early 2018? when I used to think beta readers would: Slow down my writing process. Destroy my heart and soul with negative criticism. Steal my book ideas. Up to that point, only my husband had read my WIP. He liked it, but I couldn’t trust his…
Free mind
I have heard myself utter the words hundreds of times. “That thing I achieved? It was nothing!” “Was it cool to go and do that all by myself? Not a biggie!” I know the reasons why I sometimes opt for making myself look small, sound more uncertain than I am, seem less proud of many…