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SitComs

Posted on January 26, 2022October 28, 2024by Vanessa Smith
Sitcoms

SitComs   We’ve been watching Mom ever since it turned up on Netflix. I never knew much about the show, but recognised the two main actors from their other works.   I watch things spoiler-free these days.   It’s not bad. I like that it is a show that has (is still?) been on the […]

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Novel Noises

Posted on January 19, 2022October 28, 2024by Vanessa Smith
Novel Noises

Novel Noises   While I was prepping for NaNoWriMo in 2021, I came across something I hadn’t really thought about yet. Noises. What noises are normal in the universe I’m creating?   I felt ok at first, having only written about a few noises so far as I think it’s quite a bland and sterile […]

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Nasty NaNo

Posted on January 11, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Nasty NaNo

Nasty NaNo   I feel like I saw a lot of nastiness towards NaNo last year that I had never seen before. What’s with that, humans? Is a community of people helping each other write somehow threatening to you? Cos if it is, wtf?   I’d never seen it before so I’m baffled if it […]

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Launch Jealousy

Posted on January 6, 2022October 28, 2024by Vanessa Smith
Launch Jealousy

Launch Jealousy   I envy authors who have plans or understand marketing. Those who can get on the PR train, who can pay for and organise launch readings.   My skills in launching a book tend to be “put it on my website”. Which seems rather lacklustre given what others have accomplished at times. But […]

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December Creative Contemplations

Posted on December 31, 2021May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Creative Contemplations

I mean yes, it is technically January but I’ve been barely turning on a computer for a week so… a day late isn’t too bad 🙂 I found out in December my contract at my day job isn’t being renewed so I’m sadly leaving some wonderful people and work that I’m going to miss and […]

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Downsites. Downsides?

Posted on December 24, 2021October 28, 2024by Vanessa Smith
Downsites. Downsides?

Downsites. Downsides?   I took about a week off during NaNoWriMo 2021. I burned out and couldn’t work out how to keep writing when i could barely keep up with life itself. I just gave up and told myself that this year wasn’t my year.   Then it BUGGED me. Like really really bugged me. […]

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Is NaNoWriMo “worth it”?

Posted on December 17, 2021May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Is NaNoWriMo "Worth It"?

Is NaNoWriMo “worth it”?   On the last weekend of NaNoWriMo 2021, I heard the term NaNo Widow. I have no idea if using terms like widow are problematic, and should ideally be avoided the way we would try to now with other words such as being “blind” to something. It does feel like a […]

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Your Writing Sometimes Sucks

Posted on December 10, 2021May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Your Writing Sometimes Sucks

Your Writing Sometimes Sucks   That seems to be the advice I’m giving out a lot in Facebook groups and forums (seeing as it has just been NaNoWriMo season).   But NaNo is about a draft. D-R-A-F-T. It’s not a polished work. It hasn’t been edited. It’s about getting something done, the biggest, hardest part. […]

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November Creative Contemplations

Posted on November 30, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Creative Contemplations

November Creative Contemplations November is NaNoWriMo month, obviously. That has taken up most of my spare time and somehow my not spare time too? I did it. Despite having 11 days where my spoons plummeted and I wrote only 200 words, I caught up and ‘won’ two days early.   I’ve also started with a […]

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Why I Swapped To PayHip

Posted on November 23, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Why I Swapped To PayHip

Why I Swapped To PayHip I’ve never been the biggest fan of online marketplaces (aka Amazon). I feel like they want you to spend too much time learning THEIR WAY, and yet don’t give you support if/when things go wrong.    This gave me a lot of uncertainty when I first started publishing books. I […]

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