writerslife
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We are starting a new school year and a new chapter of life. I have acquired a full-time job for the first time in 5 1/2 years, requiring me to wake up at 4 a.m. if I want any quiet time beforehand. As I take on this venture, I also have to relinquish some things.
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It was another uneventful week, and it will probably be like that for the next two weeks. We are busy preparing for the first day of school, and I’m personally looking for a job that can handle my limited hours. I have not written anything, and the only reading time is in the morning over
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This past week has been very productive, but not in the creative department. I finally got my house under control after three days of deep cleaning and daily mindfulness of cleaning up after cooking, picking up toys as I see them abandoned, and much laundry folding. I finished Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski (the
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In three days, I wrote around 5,000 words for ‘The Fire That Dwells With Water.’ And then I got the ‘The Witcher’ book set. I’m only halfway through ‘Blood of Elves,’ but I’m enjoying it. After Netflix made me mad about the show, I decided I needed to read the books, and I found a
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Because I can’t help myself, I started working on the 2025 Planner this week even though I told myself I would begin next month. Close enough, yeah? I stumbled across an image and knew it was part of the cover. I’m super excited about this 2nd Edition Red Hawk Ridge Planner, and it’s a much
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I finally finished the POV shift rewrite! Including the short scene excerpts and minus the short paragraphs of notes I had left myself, I ended up at 49,200 over the 45,580 words the original document was at. I managed to add 4,000-5,000 words after taking out my notes! That said, I’m about halfway done with
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Today’s topic is Pine Pitch Candles/Torches. I have an earlier blog post that gives an introduction to Pine trees. I find them to be an amazing gift of God’s creation. Live Oak Trees are my favorite for vanity’s sake, but Pine Trees are where it is really at. Pine pitch is really just pine sap
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