ShylynnWrites

self-publishing

  • Day 9 of Becoming a Published Author-Back at it With More to Come

    I’m pushing myself to not fall into bad habits again.                   I have restarted this project way too many times and the urge to restart again is rearing its ugly head. I won’t be giving in. The opportunity to start… Continue reading

  • A Rough Monday on Day 8 of Becoming a Published Author

                      Writing is hard.                   I had every intention of writing some more today. I was going to specifically work on a different project so that I could feel like I was moving along on everything I’m trying to accomplish.… Continue reading

  • Milestone Moment on Day 7 of Becoming a Published Author

                      Happy flipping Sunday y’all.                   It is a beautiful day! Not because the sun is shining and the summer is summering here in Canada. But because ya girl did what she said she was going to do.                   That’s… Continue reading

  • Day 6-Becoming a Published Author

    Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a panster.                   I tried, genuinely. I gave outlining a go and it didn’t make the writing process any easier. And honestly, it takes the mystery out of it.                   I like finding out what… Continue reading

  • Day 5 of Writing My Debut Epic Fantasy

                      Today was a damn good day.                   I was worried when I woke up and pulled out my laptop that I had completely lost the momentum I had boasted about yesterday. But it honestly turned into the best writing… Continue reading

  • Becoming a Published Author-Day 4

    I’m on the right track.                   Or at the very least it feels that way. Something about creating this blog has been a motivation to show up every day and reach my goal. I have a word count goal set,… Continue reading

  • Becoming a Published Author-Day 3

    I am hopeful.                   We are at midweek (happy hump day y’all). It’s the first week of July. And I know I will hit 50k by Sunday.                   To say I’m a bit floored is an understatement.                   For a… Continue reading

  • Becoming a Published Author-Day One

    I have a goal. This goal isn’t all that unique and a great deal of people have or have had this goal well before I even existed. And yet, I’m still going to write about it. I’m going to pretend… Continue reading

  • Write Just Because You Can

    It’s been a while (que 2001 alt-rock band Staind’s “It’s been a while”) I’ve been stuck. I feel like I’m probably not the only one whose going through this or has gone through this or will go through this in… Continue reading

  • Session With Dr.G

    I came up with this idea a few years ago thinking I could use it to get into a creative writing class and put it down because I just couldn’t get it to work. Cut to the actual class and… Continue reading