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Breaking up with self-imposed obligations

11 April 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

You may have noticed, or maybe not, that I haven’t been posting here lately. I wasn’t on vacation or ill or doing anything glamorous or interesting. I was just taking a break. Last time I posted here, I was very busy reading, but I wasn’t doing much writing at the time. I’m sort of in […]

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Self-attributed bookworm: Check. Writer? Not at the moment.

28 February 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

A few days ago, I felt like I had not gotten nearly so much done in February as I had originally planned, but now, I see that I got a TON of stuff done, it just wasn’t all in the original plan! And you know what? That’s OK. Reading Challenges Well, I got more books […]

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You know how sometimes you try to fix something and wind up breaking something else?

24 February 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I wanted to do some more microfiction today, but I couldn’t come up with anything I thought was worth sharing. Maybe next time. In the meantime, I’ve made some progress with my other projects, though not as much as I’d been hoping. Editing I finished rereading the latest draft, but as I neared the end, […]

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Ready for Round Two: Reading AND Editing

7 February 2014 by Jessica 2 Comments

The good news is: I finished the second draft of my edit-in-progress! After the spectacular fail by the hometeam on Sunday, I went back to my room and finished the last chapter. I am still planning on reading the new draft through before I send it out to any readers for feedback to make sure […]

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Mad Grammar Skillz, Editing and Reading Progress, and GO BRONCOS!

31 January 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I found this quiz while I was going through my Feedly and I decided to test myself. I haven’t formally taken grammar since 8th grade, and I wanted to see if my grasp of it was still in as good of shape as I thought. I think 90% right counts as a win. Is that […]

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Haiku, Review, and Progress Overdue

6 January 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

How’s that for rhyme-tastic? :P Because I decided to go all-out reference-crazy on this post, here’s a clip from Flight of the Conchords, Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros. Saying “rhyme-tastic” reminded me of those crazy dudes. Enjoy. Poetry: rocking it haiku-style As promised, and since I’m on a book frenzy, here’s a spontaneous poem just for you: […]

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Big Plans for 2014: Editing, Nano-ing, and Beyond!

30 December 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I have a few ideas about what I want to do on the blog here in the coming year, but first, let me get round to what I have been doing lately: Procrastination/fun stuff NaNoWriMo is over, and I did finally finish my story, but I had one last little update to do, and that’s […]

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Sleep deprivation leads to bad decisions. Case in point.

6 December 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I know I’m not a book blogger, but I am a reader as well as a writer, so I’m signing up for two reading challenges in 2014. Because I just wrote over 70k words in 30 days and I thought I should attempt something seemingly even more impossible. Seriously, e-slap me. I think I’ve lost […]

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