I don’t think people know I was quieter while dealing with grief last year. I was probably tweeting just as much but not interacting as much. So on the surface, it didn’t look different. But it was different. I was often too tired to bother sharing my opinion or giving words of support – or […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Shaming Writers
There’s a lot of gatekeeping in writing. Which is weird, as it’s one of the few things you’d think is fairly accessible to many people. Of course there are discrepancies in education and support, but I mean on a wider level – more people can write than can become astronauts. The shame is on a […]
Relating
A few people have shared things about relating in conversation recently and I keep getting reminded of it. Sharing your experience is not a negative. It’s just a way of communicating. That’s it. It’s not selfish, immature, or wrong. It’s the complete opposite, in fact. It’s giving someone a small part of you in order […]
The Little Engagement Lie
Community building 101. Share with your community. Be active. Reply to them. All that good, juicy, presumably brain-stimulating-happy-juices stuff. That’s what gets people to click through to your site. That’s what makes or breaks you. The Little Engagement Lie Until… it doesn’t. And that theory doesn’t work. My Stats I rarely […]
Six Million Fatal Blogging Mistakes
Now, as much as I am a fan of listicles* (ok not really but it felt like the correct thing to write) … I’m not actually going to make a list of six million fatal blogging mistakes. That’s because blogging is rarely fatal. In fact, the only fatal way to blog that I can think […]
Turn Off Your Brain While You Write A First Draft
During NaNoWriMo 2019, I started writing a sci-fi novel. I got about 6000 words in at the time. I had no real intention to write it, but at the time I needed a mental change from writing my satire series of books, The Secret Ingredient Of. I’ve been slowly adding to it ever since, because […]
No Life
When you wake up early from pain, there’s no life. You can’t do errands, nothing is open. The others in your house are asleep. Even real time video games are asleep and playing drowsy music, functionality turned off until a later time. When you wake up early from pain, it’s no life.
5 Great Comedies To Watch
I was going to write an introduction to this post but also… the title says it all. 5 great comedies to watch… keep on reading! 5 Great Comedies To Watch Community Community is a fast paced sitcom, set at a community college. Scarily realistic at times, but you didn’t hear me say […]
You May Write Whenever You Damn Well Please
I saw something on the internet this morning that pissed me off a great deal. It was a long winded “inspo-shame” type statement that said if you don’t write every day, you can’t call yourself a writer. Here is what I wrote back to the person who posted it. You May Write Whenever You […]
Dancing on Broken Glass
I saw this phase on Pinterest – I think it was part of a “motivational” image… you know, “shake you hair loose” type of thing. Dancing on Broken Glass I feel like this is what some medical advice goes towards. Now that I’m seen as chronic for my injury, I’m suddenly not […]