Tag Archives: Writing
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Deconstructing Amy
16May 28, 2013 by Xenogirl
I don’t know who I am anymore. I pick at wounds and scars, searching for a glimpse of this woman named Amy. I dig with words and music and footsteps and prayers and tears and prescription meds. The tiny, new pills make me so very tired. They say that all these chemicals will force the even tinier neurotransmitters into compliance. My brain is still running, but in slow motion. I am not so sad, but I am not myself…
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The Absurdity
13March 26, 2013 by Xenogirl
Each sentence is a clichéevery hope a déjà vu.
Even the sky hides
from the darkest of nights…
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The One That Didn’t Suck
31March 6, 2013 by Xenogirl
For those of you following my blog, you may remember the elation with which I typed the words “The End” to my 2012 NaNoWriMo novel. Writing over 50,000 words in less than thirty days felt like the wordsmithing equivalent of summiting an oxygen-deprived mountain peak. Thus I had decided to take a well-deserved break and begin revisions after a couple of weeks. Being the inexperienced, moody, and insecure writer that I am, the weeks that followed were not so exuberant. Along with the holiday season and the oppressive darkness of a Wisconsin winter came a creeping, gnawing fear that…
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Contradictory Delusions…
4March 5, 2013 by Xenogirl
“I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions – the burning certainty that we’re…”
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My Weapon of Choice
18February 25, 2013 by Xenogirl
Where has the time gone? Here I am at nearly the end of February, and now for the first time in many weeks I have summoned up the courage to put fingers to the keyboard. In desperation, I have struggled to define my problem. Why I am paralyzed? Why won’t the words form? Why I am so afraid?
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NaNoWriMo Last Words…
28December 11, 2012 by Xenogirl
On Monday, I finally decided to claw my way out of my post-NaNoWriMo stupor and return to my beloved laptop. It’s been ten whole days since I wrote anything, although it has taken that long to catch up with the realities of life. Just returning my home to some semblance of cleanliness and order has eaten up much of my time. Plus, my brain is still processing this month-long experiment in writing a “practice novel.” As the days raced by, I learned a few hard knock lessons which of course I will share with you, my dearest readers, and I won’t even go into the ridiculous details of the actual head concussion I suffered on about day six…
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And Then This Happened…
39November 30, 2012 by Xenogirl
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A Hot Literary Mess
12November 26, 2012 by Xenogirl
I am feeling guilty for neglecting my blog during this month of novel-writing madness, but dear readers, I hope you can patiently bear with me. The end of NaNoWriMo is in sight! It’s already Day 26, and I am afraid to leave my house for fear some disaster will strike…
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Wordless Wednesdays… NaNoWriMo Day 21
7November 21, 2012 by Xenogirl
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NaNoWriMo Inspiration… Day Ten
7November 10, 2012 by Xenogirl
“The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of “aspiring” writers is to a) actually write and b) actually finish. That’s how easy it is to clamber up the ladder to the second echelon. Write. And finish what you write. That’s how you…
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