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#pimpmybio

this is approximately 1000 years late and i don’t even use this blog anymore but i needed somewhere to put this lmao so here we go. it’s going under a read more because even though i think i hate talking about myself i know this will probably get long 🙃

some basic facts before i get into the fun stuff:

recent college grad (english major woo)

i love any and all animals but some favorites are: sea otters, cats, dogs, sloths, penguins.......basically i love cute things

at this point in my life i need a hea / hfn which is why i read/write romance. sorry @ every other genre. it’s not you, it’s me

everything i write has an ownvoices aspect

you can find me on twitter here just in case you found this somewhere that is not twitter

five facts about my ms

adult contemporary romance

set in media, pa just outside philly

family dynamics are important

imo the heroine, olivia, is pretty funny when she’s not stressing out about money

the hero, graham, wants to help olivia but she’d rather nobody know about her problems because she’s got it, thanks.

extra fact: 😏

some notes about my ““process””

lmao

i debated leaving it at that but i’m a Serious Writer so here we go

usually, i write in the mornings. sometimes i write at night but it doesn’t flow as well idk why

i open a blank doc, name it ‘characters and outline,’ and i break that into sections

ex: characters, summary, outline; some books get more sections like history, lore, etc but this one just had the first three

sometimes i start with a few lines of dialogue, an image, or a short description of characters and go from there 

ex: for this ms, i had three jumping off points. 1. olivia owns a bookstore, 2. graham works at a bakery, and 3. this visual “there has to be a moment where he caresses her chin and winks at her before leaving.” those were the only three things in the characters and outline doc until i started planning

other times, i write a summary for the book. a mini-query, if you will.

i just remembered i did that for this ms and i’m so upset i didn’t incorporate parts of it in my pitch wars query 🙃

for this ms, i made a timeline. it just made sense because i needed to reference if something happened on a certain day, what time, and how much time had passed from beginning to end

the timeline also served as an outline. i wrote chapter numbers and added the scenes and which character would have the pov in each scene, since it’s a dual pov book

ummmmmmm. after the timeline was done i started writing. there was a lot of going back to change the timeline but it was mostly additions once i realized some characters needed more face time for the reader to get to know them or something like that.

i’m sure i missed something but that’s the gist~

six random hobbies / favorite things / etc

all you need to know about me is i watched hart of dixie for the first time a month ago and i’m now obsessed. zoe and wade 5ever

no jk i also love 3 of 4 current dctv shows. they got me back into comics which is awesome

i love girl groups and boy bands and i have my whole life

i’m a sucker for a good historical drama and i love tv shows focused on food (especially great british bake off, cutthroat kitchen, chopped, and guy’s grocery games)

i love video games? my boyfriend got me into playing a baseball game on my phone so that’s fun. i also like the sims, sim city, pokemon in any iteration, fantasy life, and diablo 3.

favorite tropes: when they have to sleep in the same bed 👌🏽, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, fake dating, fish out of water, return to hometown, reunion, royalty, and time travel. i’m sure i’m missing some but oh well

favorite songs right now: dua lipa’s whole cd, boys by charli xcx, get low by liam payne (fun fact: that’s where i got the title for my ms), heroe favorito by romeo santos, blue electric roses by travis garland, and any acoustic version of a little mix song

favorite tv characters: iris, wally, and cisco from the flash, zoe, wade, lavon and annabeth from hart of dixie, ravi from izombie, penelope from criminal minds, snart and mick from legends of tomorrow, and mary from reign

this got so much longer than i wanted it to whoops!! okay i’ll end with this: good luck fellow hopefuls!!! relax and stop checking your email 😂

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wow i haven’t been on here in forever.

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i am trying to tell you

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nanowrimo day 4

trying to double my word count today. we’ll see how that goes.

yesterday was a slow day. i wrote less than 200 words but they were words i didn’t have before so it’s okay. it’s only day four so there’s plenty of time to get all the words down.

today i’m writing out of order! maybe it’ll help me plot scenes for the middle of the book. i’ve never really written out of chronological order before so this should be interesting!

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Day 2. #nanowrimo #amwriting

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Writing begins with forgiveness. Let go of the shame about how long it’s been since you last wrote, the clenching fear that you’re not a good enough writer, the doubts over whether or not you can get it done. Sure, the nagging demons will come creeping back, but set them aside anyway, and then set them aside again when they do. Concoct a hot beverage, play a beautiful song, look inward, and then begin.

Daniel Jose Older, from a Nanowrimo pep talk, but good advice for most any writing. (via superfluousbananas)

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One lie can ruin a thousand truths.

Unknown (via wordsnquotes)

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Anonymous  (via wnq-anonymous)

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You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Jane Goodall (via fyp-science)

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Have patience with all things but first of all with yourself.

Saint Francis de Sales (via fyp-philosophy)

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I was wondering why I loved autumn so much, but then I realised I first met her when the leaves were falling

screamingwaffleman  (via wnq-writers)

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nanowrimo day 1

the last time i did nanowrimo was in 2014. i was writing an article about my experience doing nano, taking the maximum amount of credits at school, and doing an internship. i wrote less than 20,000 words, which is the most i’ve ever written during nano.

this year, nanowrimo feels different. during the other six nano’s i’ve done i always felt like i was scrambling. like i always needed to be writing or else i was missing the point of nanowrimo. if i wasn’t writing i was feeling guilty about not writing. i would stay up to start writing at midnight and sleep in the next morning and feel guilty about it. i would force myself to sit down and write and feel guilty when i didn’t want to write.

this year i promised myself not to guilt myself into writing or feel guilty about not writing. i didn’t stay up late writing last night and when i woke up this morning i wrote for two hours. i passed my word count for the day and i want to keep going.

i feel light, happy, optimistic about the rest of the month. it’s going to be great.

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nanowrimo: tell us the title of your novel! 

me: