GYWO PLEDGE: The Light Touch (75K)

 GYWO PLEDGE: The Light Touch (75K) 

I'm going back to the light pledge level. I got a little stressed out after I raised my pledge level mid year. I think it's best to pledge light but write as much as I can. 

It's not just that I want to reach my goal easily. I really do but I want to want to write not have to write. I like writing but I don't want it to feel like a chore. The higher the pledge is more work for me. I have to plan and plot to just get words. 

With the lower level I can focus on what I want to write. More blog posts. More original stories. More rewriting and editing to make existing stories better. Many of those stories aren't posted anywhere. 

I need to get things done but I don't want to stress about it. Yeah. That's the plan.

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What I learned About My Writing in 2020

 What I learned About My Writing in 2020

This was the most depressing and devastating year I have ever lived through. That's saying something. I've been around a long time. The world was on fire and nothing could be done to put it out. I'm really hoping 2021 is a real change for the better. 

My mojo is gone.

Let's face it. The writing is on the wall. My years of 350K word counts are over. It seems I've lost my mojo for those epic big bangs and edgy one shots. I just don't feel I have it in me anymore. Im hoping to find it again and do it sooner rather than later.  

I'm too easily distracted.

Yarn. Streaming services. Real life. You name it, it distracted me. I need to find focus and that isn't going to be easy right now. There's too many things to worry about. Too many things I let worry me as well. Trust me, right now it's not that hard to find something else to do when I really should be writing.

I lack motivation.

I could sign up for every fest and big bang there is and I still can't find the motivation to get anything done. I have to make myself write most of the time. It's the only way I get any words on a doc these days. 

On a side note…...

My physical and mental health is becoming more of an issue than it was before. My bipolar has always been annoying but recently it's stuck on the low end of the cycle. Not that I like my manics, I don't, but I would like to be a little closer to one than dragging the bottom of depression. Depression makes me sleep….and sleep….and sleep. Sleeping is great but it makes it hard to do anything else and it affects my fibromyalgia by causing flare ups. I don't need anymore flare ups, that's for sure. 

My vision seems to be getting worse and that's the biggest issue. I think it's time to go beg or bribe some poor doctor to do the surgery I hoped I would never need but knew was coming. The computer screen and even my tablet have become difficult to use. The glare makes seeing the screens almost impossible.  I think this is most of my problem and I need to get it fixed a.s.a.p.. 

I would write by hand but my handwriting is so bad I can't even read it. I flunked penmanship. Yeah, I really did. Don't laugh. It's worse than a doctor's and it looks more like a chicken looking for food. A blind chicken with only two toes on his left foot. 

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Writers Resolutions 2021

 Writers Resolutions 2021

These are my goals for the coming year. I hope 2021 will be a better year for writing. There are some things I want to get accomplished and some things I want to set aside for now with the possibility of picking them up again when things get better. Or I find my writing mojo again. 

My Get Your Word out Goal….

I'm going with the lowest word count goal of Light 75K. I expect to finish it. I went low so that I didn't have the stress of completing some huge word goal and I could find my enjoyment in writing again. I really hope it works. 

More Blog Posts

I don't write enough blog posts. They don't have to be lengthy long winded analysis of whatever but I would like to just write my feelings and observations. 

I think I find it difficult to share because it's opinion and not fiction. There's no compelling reason to read any of my opinions. Most of it is crap but its my crap and my writing journal so I should share it. Right? 

Original Fiction

The reason I wanted to start writing was to tell stories. My stories! Not fan fiction or someone else's stories. I have a lot of ideas but I lack the follow through to get things done. 

I'd love to get published but I don't know what or how to get that done. It would be great to have something I could point to and say, "Thats my book on Amazon. Go read it!"

Some Things I'm Working On…..

Dark Realms has been waiting for more stories and the puzzleprompt lists are just waiting for me to use them. I even have a few I've been working on them sporadically. 

Silver & Gold has more to be told. I've been writing scenes here and there. I even have an outline but I can't seem to get it all together in one cohesive story. 

Wylding Manor is my version of Downton Abbey. Okay. Maybe there's a little more humor in mine but that's the point. This is a bunch of bits that needs a coherent  approach to a full novel or novella

Hastings P.I. has a lot of bits but no full stories. I'd love to do a series of "case files" for this. I just need to make the bits bigger and flesh out the characters better.  

Hilde Palmer is my newest obsession. Witch, writer and medium. I've always wanted to do a full scale paranormal story. This one is different from the others as it is told in Hilde's voice. I wanted something different and this is definitely different. Part of it is posted but there's a lot more that's not. This is one Id like to publish eventually. 

Coffee for Two needs a complete rewrite. It's heavy on the smut but light on story. I need to fix that. 

American Duke is a hot mess at the moment but I'm not going to let it go. I think I just need to sort out the plot threads and work on characterizations 

Shadow Moon needs an ending and maybe a sequel. I do have two sets of Fictober prompts I've been dying to use. It was originally a Fictober story using the 2018 prompt set.

The Russian Husband needs a few scenes and a good edit. It's the most complete WIP in the pile. This is the one I would really like to publish, either self publish or find a publisher.  I'm leaning towards self publishing.  

Ogham-Duir Universe is my heart and I write this for me. I share some of it but most of it is tucked away never to be read by anyone but me. I will never be done with these stories.

I have a few others that are mostly just bits and ideas. I may work those out in some way in the future. 

Fandom Fizzle

I seem to be lacking a fresh fandom these days. I'm still writing Arroverse and Merlin but I can't find anything else that I am truly inspired to write obsessively about. I suppose I should just be patient and let a fandom find me. Until then, I have plenty of original fiction to work on.

Camp Nano and NaNoWriMo 

I do plan on doing both sessions of Camp Nano but I think I'm going to give NaNoWriMo a miss. I haven't been able to hit the 50K goal the last few years. The problem is that I don't really have a good story to write for it.  

Finishing not Starting

I have way too many WIPS. I need to get things finished and posted. I always say that I'm going to get things finished but I never seem to do it. I think it's time I put up or shut up. 

The WIP folder aka The Pile is overflowing. Stories. Notes for stories. Outlines for stories. Like I said, it's full. I need to find my focus and get things done. I have some great things in there that are just begging to be finished. I just need to finish them.

Camelot Drabble 

I have three WIPS going in this one. I need to finish them. My word counts have been low in this community. I need to step it up to get the WIPS finished so I can move on to new WIPS. Yeah no logic there at all.

As far as staying with this community, I'm not ready to leave yet but I'm beginning to feel that time is getting closer. How long do you stay in a fandom that belongs to a show that ended years ago? When I figure that out, I'll know when to leave.  

Unconventional Courtship 

I'm not really planning on doing any fests but I will most likely do this one. I still have two WIPS going from this so I will have to finish at least one before sign up time. If not, the story will have to be a oneshot. I'm not looking to add any more WIPS 

Big Bang? Maybe…...Not

Nope. Not gonna do one….  I know I say that every year and end up doing one. I need to just work on what I have and not try to go big on some new story. Let's see if I keep my word this year. 

Using Those Other Sites (Word Press, Wattpad, Booksie)

I have accounts on other platforms and I should be using them. I did use Booksie for a while but I haven't even logged in in ages. It's the same story with Wattpad and Word Press.  

I've been sticking to Livejournal and Archive of our Own for fanfiction and Dreamwidth for blog posts and original fiction. I need to widen my exposure. Is that what they call it? Anyway, the more places I can be read the more I will get read. Right? I have no idea….. I'm just trying to convince myself. 

That’s it for my goals. Let's hope 2021 turns out to be a brighter and more hopeful year for everyone. 

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