No post today due to unforeseen circumstances. I hope you all have a great week and I'll be back next Monday.
Monday, April 24, 2023
Monday, April 17, 2023
Monday Check In
Last week...
Writing Related: I'm working hard at meeting my April Camp NaNo goal. I'm doing ok. I'm on track but had hoped to get a few pages ahead in case something pops up. Because something always does. 😀
Motivational Quote: "It's easy to talk about successes, but what doesn't get talked about enough is the struggle." ~ Erik Weihenmayer
What I'm Reading: I'm reading Muffin But The Truth by Ellie Alexander. This is the 16th book in the Bakeshop Mystery series. I love this series and always look forward to the next book.
Random Things: I saw the above quote by Erik Weihenmayer a few days ago and it really resonated with me. Many times you only hear about the great things occurring people's lives. You rarely hear about how a person had to deal with failure, rejection, criticism or the like. I'm not referring to just writers, but anyone who has struggled to reach a goal or their definition of success. Sometimes I think if those struggles were shared as often as our successes, it could help others on their personal journeys as well.
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Monday, April 10, 2023
Monday Check In
Last week...
Writing Related: I'm doing Camp NaNo this month. It's a little more loose in structure than NaNoWriMo that's held in November. For the Camp version, you set your own goal that you want to meet instead of writing the 50,000 words required in the formal NaNoWriMo. My goal is to write 25,000 words this month. That will put be back on track to finish Missisippi's story by the end of May.
Motivational Quote: "There's no growth without a lot of hard work and a little risk." ~ Gloria Estefan
What I'm Reading: I started reading The Sweetheart Fix by Miranda Liasson last Wednesday. This is a contemporary romance and is the second book in the Blossom Glen series.
Random Things: Last week I posted that I was craving cookies and would probably bake some. I held off the craving and didn't do any cookie baking. I did make carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert for Easter Sunday. I will admit the cream cheese frosting came out of a container (Pillsbury). I haven't managed to master homemade frosting yet. It's either too sweet or the consistency is weird so while my cakes are made from scratch, the frosting will be bought from the store for the foreseeable future.
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Monday, April 3, 2023
Monday Check In
Last week...
Writing Related: I didn't get as much written last week as I'd hoped. I'm trying to be optimistic and tell myself anything written, even if it's less than I planned, it's still moving the story forward and brings me closer to finishing the book.
Motivational Quote: "Sometimes you just have to be willing to flow." ~ Alicia Keys Considering how my writing went last week, I thought this quote was pretty appropriate.
What I'm Reading: I'm reading The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter. This is the 8th book in the Will Trent series. There are only 2 more books published in the series but the 11th book is being released later this year.
Random Things: I haven't baked anything in a few weeks and I'm craving cookies so I'll probably end up making some this week. I have everything to make either gingerbread chocolate chip cookies, which I love any time of the year, or chocolate chocolate chip cookies. I'll just have to decide which ones to make. I also have a lemon blueberry bread recipe I want to try, but don't have any lemons so that might wait until next week.
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