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Downsites. Downsides?

Posted on December 24, 2021May 10, 2022by 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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Creativity In Hard Times

Posted on November 22, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Creativity In Hard Times

Creativity In Hard Times No, I’m actually not referring to that global pandemic thing. I don’t wish to erase anyone’s experience (undoubtedly challenging experiences at that), but I want to talk about hard times at a smaller scale.   I have chronic pain for mostly unidentified reasons. I know when and where I hurt myself, […]

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Remind yourself that you have done things

Posted on November 21, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Remind yourself that you have done things

Remind yourself that you have done things! I was feeling a bit like I had achieved nothing this year. Written nothing of note. Done nothing. I think it was the prepping for NaNoWriMo that put me in this place, a bit too on the reflective side.   So I did an overdue task – copied […]

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Feeling Non Writerly

Posted on November 20, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Feeling Non Writerly

Feeling Non Writerly So many writing conversation starters are about your main character (MC). And I get it, but also… not. I have a series of satirical books and I don’t even know what genre they fit in.    Comedy? Kinda (I mean I hope so?!). Non fiction (well they’re not fiction but I also make up […]

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Elite Writer Training

Posted on November 19, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith

Elite Writer Training   I have access to a large learning platform via my day job. Given my industry has been decimated by covid and government actions, professional development via paid courses isn’t really a thing anymore. I was flicking through the learning platform to see what looked good. I don’t just have work-related tags […]

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Camp NaNoWriMo April 2021

Posted on November 18, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Camp NaNoWriMo April 2021

I didn’t really plan for Camp NaNo in April. I mean, I’m much more of a pantser in general, as far as choices go, but I really didn’t think about it in a practical sense.   The main way I was impractical was not giving any thought to my word goal. In Camp NaNo you […]

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