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March 2, 2026
So...no big deal, but i finished my book today. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! No, but seriously i am in a state of giddy shock. I feel equal parts ecstatic and anxious. I now have 686 pages (204,774 words) to edit and tighten. It is not common for me to feel proud of myself, but today, i am. and it feels wonderful because i know how hard i have worked for this and it feels earned.
December 10, 2025
It's been almost 2 years (20 months!) of learing how to--and how not to--write a book, and i still don't feel like i know what i'm doing. But I have fallen in love with my characters & their world, and after probably six different drafts, I think i've finally found my story. my characters are basically writing themselves, which is simultaneously annoying and wonderful. sometimes i want to scream "just do what you're supposed to do!" at them, and other times I want to hug them and tell them everything will be okay (spoiler alert: it probably won't Be).
November 4, 2025
writing with this new POV structure is end game. I'm obsessed. The story is flowing so much easier. I am now on my 12th scrivener project file for this manuscript, but i am absolutely loving how it's going. I think my writing has vastly improved from where it was a year ago and I'm super excited about this story and its potential.
april 9, 2025
I had an epiphany today about POV structure. Naturally, this means I am started over from the very beginning. *sigh*
but this is going to be awesome.
december 28, 2024
spoiler alert: she was not mean, and i don't know what to do with that. she said i was a "solid writer" and I think she's lying lol.
November 1, 2024
i sent a rough draft of acts 1 & 2 to a friend of mine who is a librarian for feedback. i told her to be as mean as possible.
October 18, 2024
I am officially on my sixth scrivener project file for this book because I keep starting over. But I think I've decided on a title (which probably shouldn't have happened before I've even finished the first draft, but here we're are). Let's call it a working title -- Fettered Souls.
my life has been completely consumed by writing, and i don't think i'm mad about it. I'm taking terrible care of myself--very little sleep, forgetting to eat or drink water--but i am having so much fun.
my husband thinks its adorably hilarious. he's been extremely supportive, even whilst teasing me constantly, despite the fact that--in my hyperfocused state--i once told him i needed him not to exist. woops.
August 22, 2024
Writing is hard.
May 30, 2024
after a month of fucking around, I'm starting over. I think I know the story I want to tell, I just don't know how I want to tell it yet.
April 11, 2024
Today I started writing. I have no idea what I'm doing. Send help.