Hi everyone! I would like to start blogging more about my pain, and I want to keep it as positive and informative as possible. I'm having an incredibly bad pain day today, and writing is always a great distraction. I always see lists that are titled, "Top ___ Things You Shouldn't Say To Someone With [...]
Hi everyone! Happy Thursday. Sorry for the late post! I hope your week is going well. This is my first full week of work since my abdominal pain issue, and I can happily say that I've been (mostly) pain free! It has been a little crazy getting back into the swing of things (probably why [...]
Hi everyone. Happy Friday. This week was crazy. I had the stomach flu, and was out of work Monday-Wednesday. I'm finally feeling like myself again. I've been wanting to write a blog post like this for quite a while, but honestly, it isn't something I love to talk about. It's difficult to open up about [...]
Hi everyone! Happy weekend! I thought I would do something a little different with this blog post. I have a few books/websites/YouTube channels I frequent pretty often when I am trying to figure out how to write certain scenes, or get a little inspiration. As a reminder, these are just a few of the MANY [...]
Hey all, Two blog posts in one week? Whoa. Happy Friday! I haven't written an advice piece in a while, but I feel like this is something I have learned over the course of writing my first novel and I'm hoping it might help someone else. I've been thinking a lot lately about the perceptions [...]
Hello everybody! I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I was completely unsuccessful this year. In fact, 2016 was a fantastic year for my personal and writing life. I was laid off from one job and was able to find another in a matter of months. I celebrated 1 full year of [...]
Hi all, Can you write in different genres? Are your readers going to be confused and furious if your first few novels were romance and all of a sudden the new novel is a horror story? A lot of this might come down to traditional vs self publishing. I've chosen to self publish, so this [...]
I always said I would write a novel someday... It's easy to make excuses and never get started. I'm too busy. I'm too tired. I'll start tomorrow. Sound about right? I found NaNoWriMo last November while I mowas googling information on how to write a novel. For those of you who don't know, NaNoWriMo is [...]
It's so easy to doubt yourself. It's something I do; I think it's something everyone does. The problem with doubt is it can hold you back and turn you against yourself. I think it all boils down to the fear of failure and embarrassment. I know my biggest fear is to send my work out [...]
Jessica Belmont 