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Category: The Writing Life

By Shaina Frantz Posted on May 9, 2023

Hello Again

Hello again. Sometimes, I wonder if I am shouting into a void. Sometimes, I wonder why I am writing at all. Why do I fill my time with blog posts, … Continue reading Hello Again

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Life Things, Story Musings, This Beautiful Life, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on March 21, 2023

Mastery

They say it takes 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery. Whether that be of an instrument, writing, baking, whatever you can think of. For example, if I baked for … Continue reading Mastery

Categories: The Writing LifeTags: Beautiful Stories, Life Things, My Lifely Adventures, My Writing Journey, Writerly Things
By Shaina Frantz Posted on February 21, 2023

Happy Anniversary!

I think I had a topic I was going to write about today. Maybe? If I did, I promptly forgot. Because I got a little notification from Word Press saying … Continue reading Happy Anniversary!

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

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