I've made a little progress working my way through the first edit of Frigid Nights (Sirens). While I'm about halfway through, the first edit is primarily grammar and phrasing along with the overall plot and character development. In the second and third edits are when I actually attempt to enhance the plot and smooth out … Continue reading 30Nov2019
26Nov2019
I've always wanted to get into investing but have never had the money or the know-how to get started. It seems like some of those things they should've taught in school were how to balance a budget and money management. Unfortunately, having gone to my Catholic High School, they didn't teach any of that stuff. … Continue reading 26Nov2019
Useful and Useless Peer Reviews
Any creative writing class you take will include peer reviews where you exchange creative works and review them before returning them to the original author for revision and feedback. This is pretty much the only way that you'd get another student to give you a response to your work because if you could just turn … Continue reading Useful and Useless Peer Reviews
18 Nov 2019
It's pretty nice when you set a daily word goal for yourself, you start writing, and before you know it you've double your goal without feeling like you've put that much extra effort into it. I set a minimum of about 500 words with the hopes of hitting that goal but recently I was writing … Continue reading 18 Nov 2019
07Nov2019
I've made some progress on the outline of my short story. It's my attempt at a crime fiction story involving detectives and law enforcement. I wanted to take a shot at it since I like crime stories and love the complex storylines of Grand Theft Auto. The story has been progressing pretty well although I … Continue reading 07Nov2019