So Much Edits

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another draft, editing, edits, writing projects

My brain is consumed by editing. Some days it works. Other days it does not. Here’s a few of the things that are working (or not working) for me during this trying time.

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Why It Doesn’t Work

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aggravate the loyal viewers, bad decisions, characterization, empathy, opinion, the 100

I like(d) the show The 100. Until this season, when it turned to absolute nonsense. To quell my disappointment in how it all turned out, here’s a rant.

Really Good Finale: Luke Cage

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anticipation, character arc, heroes and villains, Luke Cage

Marvel’s Luke Cage is not necessarily a fun show to watch, but I found myself really appreciating how they wrapped up the season and set up for the next. Here be spoilers. You were warned.

Well, That’s Finished

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editing, exhaustion, first draft, summer project, Writing

Finished summer project #3! For those who probably don’t remember, that’s the completion of my NaNoWriMo novel. I’m done with straight-up writing, so time to switch tracks and work on editing.

Yay.

Disappointing Endings

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disappointing endings, finales, no happy endings, TV

Finally, months after most of them finished, I’m catching up on the TV shows I watch. Unfortunately, for the most part, I am underwhelmed, and even the ones I liked were usually depressing. (Seriously! Is no one on TV allowed to have a happy ending anymore?) But it got me thinking about story endings, and what makes them good or bad.

Gratitude Redux

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family, grateful, Lego Death Star, The New Legends of Monkey, try again

Well, turns out they lost my package. Resent the whole thing and it got here on Tuesday, so I’ve got half a Death Star now. Very happy about that.

And now I have the chance to try again for the whole gratitude thing. Yes, it’s so much easier when not aggravated. But still important to remember, and maybe if I work on all this now then I’ll be better at remembering it when I’m not feeling so thrilled with life.

Gratitude (Or Not)

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business day, delivery failure, gratitude, legos, minimal faith, ordered, USPS

Recently read a blog post by a friend of mine where she went over the things that she’s grateful for, and it struck a chord with me. So here’s one of my own, because it’s important to sit back and remember the things that are good in life.

(I was going to make this longer and more detailed but honestly I am rather disappointed in the moment so it’s going to be of a length to make me feel better, which is to say, short.)

Summer Projects

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book, editing, no excuses, projects, short story, summer, Writing

The school year is my busy time of year when it comes to babysitting. Which is not to say that this summer is going to be empty. Far from it! I have seven writing projects that I want to accomplish before Labor Day, and here they are. On the internet, so I have no excuses for not finishing.

So here’s the list of projects,

I Am Boring

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boring, doubt, Writing, writing influences

It’s really hard to figure out what to blog about when I have no particular areas of expertise and am not a very interesting person. I’m not. I don’t go interesting places, I stick pretty much to myself so it’s not like I’m getting into these crazy adventures all the time with my friends. Not that I don’t still have adventures, they’re just spaced out. I have my schedule and my to-do lists that I follow. I go to work, I come home and write, watch a bunch of TV.

Songs and Books and Things

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books, current projects, music, youtube

(How do people come up with things to write blog posts about? All I can apparently come up with is nonsense.) (But it’s my nonsense, so here it is.)

I am at a loss when it comes to writing about writing, and I’m hardly an expert anyway, so I’m trying to cast around and figure out what I can write about. So this is where I’m at, in a nutshell.