Welp. It's finally here. The big one. The big "three-oh", the age that media has taught me means I'm old, and society has marked as the beginning of the end. Guys help, I'm thirty. When I was younger, there was this movie, 13 Going on 30. Thirteen year old Jenna wishes to be “thirty, flirty… Continue reading Nearly a Grandma
My love of storytelling comes from my parents, and rituals from my childhood. Books, of course, are a given. I could probably dedicate an entire blog post to my love of books, but that’s for another day. I was reading at a young age (not a brag, I swear), so books have just sort of… Continue reading Storytelling, Part 2
I thought I’d take some time to talk about my career and writing. I have always felt like I’m a bad writer. It’s not that my writing itself is bad, it’s that I’m not dedicated enough. I referenced this in a previous blog post: the writers group that specified, This is NOT a group for… Continue reading Storytelling, Part 1
OKAY NOT REALLY. This is no longer NaNoWriMo for me. This is now ADVENTURES IN WRITING! I'm kind of not feeling this book at the moment. I know this is the first draft, but it's not doing what I want it to do. If that makes sense. I don't want to force it and ruin it,… Continue reading I SURRENDER
I don't mean to sound negative! I'm just being realistic.Nano is 8 days in, and despite my efforts, I am just past 3K words. November really has not been my month! It started off strongly, but Sunday, everything just took a nose dive. My favorite teacher died, for starters. That carried me through Tuesday. I… Continue reading I probably won’t make it to 50K
It's not because of all the words I have to achieve in a month. It's because I actually have to face all the flaws in my book. Such as, I have a solid beginning. I have two great characters. And a general idea of what should happen.I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO FROM POINT… Continue reading I’m actually nervous for NaNoWriMo
Oh yes, I did. I made the BRILLIANT mistake of giving up caffeine the week before NaNoWriMo.WHOMP.I need to give it up. I've found out the hard way that my anxiety increases on caffeine. So since I have a stressful job and there are sometimes angry guests, I decided it might be a good idea… Continue reading I did something stupid!
I'm going to write my book.I've had it floating around in my head forever, and I've been kind of scared. It's not like a lot of books that have been written and are popular. And I can certainly think of a few people who definitely will not like the book. Not specific people, but groups.… Continue reading I’M GOING TO DO IT
Zoey Delmaire Writes 