First Excuse!

So I’m trying to write a quick blog, I am pretty beat after work today I am a bit ill and.. Well excuse excuse excuse! I am going to try a creative writing prompt about winter tomorrow when I get off work! Well when I get off work and help my family movie some things from my room to my brother’s room and what not. I am going to at least post an excuse if I’m not up for writing >.> yeah… LOL I hope you guys had a good day and see you tomorrow!

Dream January Place

The ideal day never comes. Today is Ideal for him who makes it so

-Horatio Dresser

And Ideal day for me in January would include:

Hmm another toughy to start out my month! Well seeing as I live in Wisconsin and January is crazy, and I mean crazy cold I would probably start in front of a fire. Maybe the house to myself and a good book in my hands. I absolutely love to read in front of a warm fire! Honestly if I didn't have to work tomorrow I would do that . Its supposed to be a freezing rain/snowy mess! But I will be working tomorrow so.. yikes! Anyway another short post hopefully tomorrow will be a little better!

Writing Promts day one!

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you do.

-Mark Twain

A Dream of mine in is to...

Shafarmanh, Judy Journal Writing 365. New Visions Publications, 2014.

This is a really hard one to think of to be honest. I have so many dreams and I feel like half of them may not come to pass. I guess a really big dream of mine is to be able to share my stories with the world. That’s right I think I said this in my first post I am not writing to make millions or be the next JK Rowling (though it would be cool but I would never write just for that!). I am hoping by putting myself out there I can get up the courage to share my novels even if I do not see a single penny from it!

Another dream I have is also to have a family. I thought that dram died when my ex husband divorced me but I am slowly but surely working on gaining my confidence back and realizing just because I was married does not mean that my life is over! My life has just begun! Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful January first. And a great start to the new year!

Final thoughts... of 2015

So not a big surprise I missed a few days. I was expecting it and I hope I got it out of my system before the new year. I am so nervous about giving myself these challenges, I really do not want to let myself down this year! So I am literally in the middle of preparing my notebooks that I make for each novel I write.

Living Courage was my NaNo novel this last November so that one is taken care of, I wrote post it’s for a to do list of sorts to remind me what I need to do each day.. and let’s see, I’m so excited for 2015 right now. I read a book in a day yesterday for the first time since high school so I’m pretty pumped and pretty sure that I can do at least my goal of 52 books! :D

If you guys have any recommendations please post them in a comment I could use some books outside of my bubble! Anyway I’m going to go have a good new year’s eve and I will see you tomorrow for my first creative writing post!

SEE YOU IN 2015!!

Resolutions 2015

Okay so, its cliché to have a new year’s resolution I know. And for the last two or three it’s all been about getting into shape and sure enough by February I have failed. So this year I have decided to do something different! I want to focus on becoming a better writer and becoming a better reader because to become a better writer you must be a better reader… and vice versa. 2015 is all about me putting myself out there and refining my craft!

My 2015 Resolutions:

1. Write in my blog every day. – I want this to be about my creative writing as well as my thoughts. I feel that this will not only help me refine my craft but get my emotions out as needed. My brother had given me an amazon.com gift card which I used to buy a couple blog/journal prompt books so I’m going to give those a go on this blog!

2. Write the rough drafts of the four novels in my head- I know that I may not have any of the finished works by the end of 2015 but at least the rough drafts. Seeing as I write in November for NaNoWriMo I have 50k words in one of the four novels, I believe I have it about three quarters of the way done so I have to plot out and start my other three novels. I’ll talk more about my novels in another post!

3. Read 52 books in the year. That’s a book a week and I’m pretty sure I could do that too! I’m trying to finish a book I just started before the New Year so I can start new but who knows if I have time I’ll be done soon.

I do plan on posting blog posts about not only my creative writing exorcises every day but also reviews on the 52 books that I read and little snippets of my stories so I hope you all will keep tuned in to see what I have up my sleeve!

I'm Startin a blog!

So. I am a writer. Yep. I know its silly to call myself that when I have never officially been published but thats what I am. I love to write and it seems to come naturally. Well to be fair i only say its natural because my friends who also write have told me about how they struggle or how i do things seems weird and I wonder if I was meant to write. I love it and it brings me joy.

After NaNoWriMo this last year i felt a little defeated. I had made my 50k and still had a little ways to go on my book (I still do even) but that was not what made me just want to throw my hands up and say forget it, I'm never going to be a published writer. What clenched that was all of the money all of the up and down stresses ... I just want to put my stories out there, I don't want to make money on it, though it would be a perk.. I know that i would just be happy with people reading it, even if they did not pay a penny.

So why blog? I was thinking of it for a couple of reasons:

1. Its a place where i can practice my creative writing/noveling ect.
2. Its a way to express my feelings.
3. A way to have fun.

So for the next year (well maybe more) I'll give blogging a shot. I wonder how it'll turn out. what i'll post... Its going to be random stuff! Anyway Merry Christmas everyone! See you tomorrow!