Weight Goal: Over January, I lost 8.6lbs. I’m on track towards my eventual goal of being under 200lbs before the end of the year. It’ll take time but that’s fine. Charity Goal: Month Organization Hours Worked Volunteer Activities Jan Mobile Loaves and Fishes 8.5 Building handmade keepsakes boxes Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul AugContinue reading “Monthly Goal Update: January”
Category Archives: Writing
Book update: Mystics and Misfits
Good news! I am going to be posting a page to the website soon for Beta Readers to sign up to receive a copy of the Mystics and Misfits Manuscript. The purpose for this is to provide a larger pool of beta readers as well as give people a chance to be introduced to theContinue reading “Book update: Mystics and Misfits”
Three Act Structure: How I plan and outline a book
So you’re thinking about writing a book, eh? Well! Prepare to do a lot of preparing, good sir or madam. So, as a disclaimer, I would like to point out that for my first book, I did not do any preparation or outlining at all. I just sat down with a vague, half-baked notion ofContinue reading “Three Act Structure: How I plan and outline a book”
Finals Week Blog Hiatus
I’ve got finals for the semester and will be busy before I can give you any new updates on the books or other topics. Once finals are done, I’m going to watch and write reviews of some of the cult classic films and TV shows.
Book Update: The Myz Effect
Fresh off the adobe photoshop and creative software, we have our first look at our main characters, brought to life by Allison Smith! Please check out the character bios and accompanying illustrations on The Myz Effect page. Allison is a fantastic artist and a pleasure to work with. Please check her out at the followingContinue reading “Book Update: The Myz Effect”
Book Update: Mystics and Misfits
Good News! The manuscript for book one, Mystics and Misfits, is complete! I wanted to share this development with you to keep you updated and to keep myself motivated, especially for this next, time- and energy-intensive step: Editing. As a new writer, I found writing my first book’s manuscript to be challenging at times butContinue reading “Book Update: Mystics and Misfits”
5 Things I do before I write every day and Why!
After starting my writing journey a year ago, I’ve found a couple of things that I do before I sit down to write every day that I believe help me to clear my mind, center myself, and just get into that groove that you need to feel.
Book Update: Mystics and Misfits
Just want to let you all know that we will be posting new illustrations on the Mystics and Misfits page this Friday! I want to give a quick shout out to Allison Smith, who helped me through the process and was so professional and talented. I’m really excited for you all to see what sheContinue reading “Book Update: Mystics and Misfits”
The Heroic and Noble Tale of Turbo Guy: Part 1
As the wind whipped through the arid planes of what remained of Amarillo, Texas, on the outskirts of the small community of survivors a figure appeared in the distance. Jeremy Smith’s boy Kyle was the first to make out the figure of the man in the distance, running to the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Lodge,Continue reading “The Heroic and Noble Tale of Turbo Guy: Part 1”
Mystics and Misfits
New update on Book 1 of The Myz Effect Our story begins with a wild and magical weekend in Florida. Jay Connor, an intelligent if not slightly neurotic computer expert decides to throw caution to the wind and see where life can take him. But a trip to Miami does not go how he expectedContinue reading “Mystics and Misfits”