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Characters, Magic, and Memories

It’s been another two months and a lot has been adjusted. First, who the main characters are and what they look like! The second is a graphic I created to explain the magic system of the worlds. Lastly, I did a lot of reorganizing in the real world and found some of my old stories from grade school and high […]

Rough Drafts, Adjustments, and TikTok

It’s been two months since I’ve posted to my blog, and I’m not sure how time got away from me. Late April, I started writing a new story I have titled Shadows of Somniera (SoS). I also decided that after 45,000 words, I was bored of Immersion, which was not a good sign! After lurking on TikTok for a few […]

Halftime is the Best(?) Time

Or not. Good news! I am sitting at exactly 40,000 words for the rough draft of Immersion. This means I will likely finish the other 40,000 between now and early May– but I really want to finish it by the end of April. Thankfully, all the planned events I had for March are complete, which means there is nothing standing […]

Not Quite Halfway, but Closer

It’s been over a month, and I’m not posting on a Sunday. I can’t be perfect at everything, so it had to be my sense of time. I did have a calendar notification. Did I pay attention to it? Obviously not. I have plenty of reasons, but the main thing was I wanted to hit 30,000 words before I posted […]

New Year, New… Something

Me? Not quite. Update? Yes! The holidays were busy, so busy that I didn’t get much on my books done at all. Now that it’s almost February, I figured it was about time to remind everyone I still exist and I am, in fact, still working on Immersion. (If you want to keep in the loop with what I’m doing, […]

In the Planning Phase

Unfortunately, despite my grand plans for the month of November, reality struck. Collided, if you will. Immersed me in chaos. (Alright, alright, enough puns- for now.) For past stories, I created some vague chapter list that I would (as I have mentioned before) inevitably ignore. I have also just let my mind roam free, creating as I went. This month, […]

Gearing Up for Nanowrimo

This isn’t the first time I’ve done Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month). In fact, one year I did hit my 50,000 year goal- about 40 minutes after midnight while I was in South Korea. However, I started with about 18,000 words. The project? The first draft of Collision. This was back in 2019. Now, two years later, I am attempting […]