What is your writing process? Are you the type to plan, plot, and map out, or are you the type to let your creative-ness fly? I do both. When I am creating a new story I write down every idea that I can think of including writing a scene ten different ways. Am I the only one who does this? I write anything that makes me feel happy or devious – perhaps tipping on dangerous, cause dangerous is fun! After I have created as much as I can create with a story, without it being too redundant or over telling, then  it’s time for me to start mapping and wrangle my story…

Have you ever stared at a blank screen and thought “I should be writing something”, but nothing comes to mind? I have. And it sucks. Sometimes I even find it hard to bring myself to my writing notes to continue writing what I started. The most frustrating thing is that I already know what my story is all about. My story has an arc, twists, turns, many problems for my main character, and all that stuff and fluff that goes in between. What my problem is – or problems – I think I’m afraid of failure and success all at the same time and perhaps I keep making excuses like…

This will be my second attempt at starting a blog. Hopefully I can keep up and blog more regularly as my schedule is fairly busy. I’m a mom, domestic engineer, a wife, writer, actor, costume maker, and cosplayer – pretty much an all around nerd / geek, for those of you who like to use labels. Generally I like to have fun. Fun is good (and fun)! This blog that I’ve started will be more focused on my goals and progress in my writing ventures, though I have many goals, I’ll do my best to stay focused on my writing. Stay tough! (Focus Daniel-san) 😉 Goal number one: OK, I should…