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Category: The Writing Life

By Shaina Frantz Posted on August 23, 2022

Journaling

Journaling, ya know, the ‘Dear Diary’ stuff where you write all your deepest secrets with a purple sparkly pen? Or maybe you think about bullet journals that look so gorgeous … Continue reading Journaling

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Journal, My Writing Journey, The Writing Life, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on July 5, 2022

Fear and Wattpad

About once a year, I take stock of my writing and tell myself that I should get serious about it, or relegate it to hobby status. Do I actually want … Continue reading Fear and Wattpad

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Beautiful Stories, My Writing Journey, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on November 11, 2021

No Nano for Me

I have done NaNoWriMo for years. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. But I always tried at least. I always put words down on paper that weren’t there before. There were years … Continue reading No Nano for Me

Categories: My Life, The Writing LifeTags: NaNoWriMo, The Writing Life, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on July 28, 2021

Ta Da!!

Voila, it is done! Finally. If you don’t notice the changes wrought on the blog I will be offended. This took much time and effort and making faces at the … Continue reading Ta Da!!

Categories: The Writing Life
By Shaina Frantz Posted on February 25, 2021

The Story I Want

Quick question, if you could read a book about anything, what would you read about? What is your perfect story? Okay I guess not such a quick question, because I … Continue reading The Story I Want

Categories: Story Musings, The Writing LifeTags: Books, My Books, Stories, Story Musings
By Shaina Frantz Posted on December 3, 2020

And it Ended.

I did it. Good golly I actually won Nano. And I completed my novel. In case anyone was wondering. GUYS I FINISHED MY NOVEL!!!! Ya know, just the one I … Continue reading And it Ended.

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: NaNoWriMo, Valai
By Shaina Frantz Posted on November 18, 2020

Why is this so Hard?

Hey hey hey! I am coming to you from the depths of Nano, so brace yourselves for an odd brain tangle post. As you know, this year my goal is … Continue reading Why is this so Hard?

Categories: Story Musings, The Writing LifeTags: NaNoWriMo, Ramblings, Story Musings
By Shaina Frantz Posted on September 30, 2020

Inspiration

First, have any of you seen/noticed the changes around here? Yes, there is a new header, yes, some of the font is blue. I did do that on purpose. Whether … Continue reading Inspiration

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Story Ideas
By Shaina Frantz Posted on September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Academic Writing vs. Fiction Writing.

Here recently I decided to take a series of college level online classes. Because why not. One of those ended up being English Composition I. Otherwise known as the ‘can … Continue reading Academic Writing vs. Fiction Writing.

Categories: My Life, The Writing LifeTags: Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on July 15, 2020

Pitching, the hardest thing you will ever do.

I am attending the Virtual Realm Makers conference this year. Cue the confetti!! It is really exciting and it will be so awesome to attend all those classes and one … Continue reading Pitching, the hardest thing you will ever do.

Categories: My Life, The Writing LifeTags: The Writing Life, Writerly Things, Writing How To
By Shaina Frantz Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020

The Precarious Balance of the Writing Life

Writing. A career path only for those who wish to feel guilty every moment of their life. Every moment of every day becomes a choice between writing, and not writing. … Continue reading The Precarious Balance of the Writing Life

Categories: My Life, The Writing LifeTags: The Writing Life, Writerly Things

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