New Year, New Literary Challenges

Hello blog in 2014!

I have not forgotten about anything, and I'm still working on that writing exercise project (yes, it's running way late, but I'm still doing it, and in this case, that's what counts), and I'm reading a new book. I'm not going to mention the book here, because hopefully in the next few days when I'm done, I will have a post about it. I'll give a hint: it's another children's classic about animals. Okay, that's big enough.

I had temporarily lost my outline book, but my sister found it for me, and now that it's found, I'm determined to know where it is at all times. I'm going to do a lot of writing this year; it was also my resolution last year, but I have the most positive feelings about getting things done this year, and I'm really proud of what I will possibly be able to accomplish.

First things first, I will put some fiction on here. I feel like I've promised that before, and it turned out to be something that I absolutely should not have put online, but you live and learn.

I have a goal this year to be published, whether that means self, or finding a real publishing house.

I want to write and read everyday, and not spend so much time on my social networks and YouTube, especially if it doesn't have anything to do with bettering myself.

What else...? I'm not sure what else, but as I know it, I will let it be know here.

This is a new year, of promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Yep, I just stole that line, and I'm not even going miles before I sleep, unless it's a metaphor that I'm too tired to understand right now.

2014 is going to be AWESOME.

Fiction Challenge

I have to admit something: I've been neglecting my writing. The things that I need to work on, one particularly long and daunting piece in particular, have made me wimp out. But I've decided that I will no longer wimp out, and that I haven't been putting in the time necessary for me to become a good writer.

I just got the somewhat brilliant idea to do a bit of a fiction challenge for myself, to see if I could write one piece of fiction a week; this is not going to be my only writing, but at least one piece a week for me to put up here, so that I can hold myself up to a different standard and judge. As much as I usually write erotica, I'm going to try to write more than just that.

And I haven't stopped reading: I've currently decided to read the book "Don Quixote", which I didn't realize had so much going on inside it. I'm already 3% in to the book, and I haven't gotten past the translators notes. There are a few different translations, but I think that the one that my story is, is something a bit more recent, although I'm not so sure. I'm worried that I won't understand it as well as I should, but I also think that I can understand it if I teach it to myself, and I take my time to fully understand.

I will read shorter things throughout reading "Don Quixote", so I will still have book reviews to write on a timely schedule. The biggest thing is that the schedule is timely. My biggest problem, my giant to slay, if I'm going down "The Warrior Girls" route, is the giant Procrastination. It's really messed me up in life, and makes me shirk my responsibilities. I can't continue to have it happen, so I'm going to keep myself on a schedule.

That's it for now, although there will be a lot more of me seen in the near future.

October Writing Update

I have been slower with my writing than I care to admit. There are so many projects taht I have to finish that i'm seriously trying to put myself on a schedule, but I've never done well on a schedule. I might make one that accomodates my sleeping habits and things of that nature.

Apparently, to become a great writer, you must write. It sounds like the most simple advice, but it can be super tricky. Technically, writing this update counts as working on writing, but it isn't really the genre that I really find myself leaning towards. I'm happy that I have some halfway decent non-fiction skills, I think they may come in handy for writing one day.

There is a long story, something of a novel, that I should really work on. It's the first piece that I've ever written that has an outline. I'm less than one quarter of the way through, and somewhat stuck because the style that I chose to write it in is quite different from what I am used to writing. It's very plush, and I try to be hyper descriptive, but it's not always the best.

There are some short stories I know I should write, some thing that could definitely be money makers. I know I can write fetish stories, and I think I need to further explore fetishes before reaching out to that market truthfully.

Editing... I haven't edited anything of my own in ten thousand years. Yes, I'm exaggerating, but it feels as if it's been that long. I have a children's story that I need to edit, but I'm not quite sure how I should go about it. There are a lot of places that need serious rewording, but I'm not sure how to reword it. I know that's one of the most important things, since editing takes multiple multiple drafts. I might start an entry on editing soon.

Reading... I finished Phantom of the Opera, I enjoyed it, but I'm trying to figure out what I should next read. I have a few hardcopy books that I should probably get to cracking, so that might be my next literary thing.

I'm not sure what else to write, so I will leave it here.

What I've Been Up To

The first thing I have to say is "Wow!" I can't believe I've actually reached 1000 views on my blog. I know that's nothing when really compared to the rest of the interweb, but for me, this is super amazing. I hate that I didn't reach it earlier; I probably would have if I was writing on here the way that I should.

It's not that I haven't been reading or writing; I've done both (more of the former than the latter if I'm to be honest), but I haven't put anything up here. But never fear-- updates are on their way. I have book reviews, maybe some fiction, and general writing updates.

I have not forgotten about here, I'm just trying to think of what to put up here. But I will be back here, doing what I should.

I Have Not Been Entirely Idle

If there is anything in my writing that I am proud of, it is the fact that I have had someone pay me to write for them.

As a person that considers themselves a writer, it's the highest honor I can think of, even though many of the pieces have yet to have been polished. That is what I am going to work on.

I'm furious right now, for reasons that I will not go in to deeply, but it has to do with the removal of my writing from my resume, especially considering how important and how much of an honor it is. I do have pieces that I can show, pieces that have had some polishing done, pieces that I can put out as writing samples. Not all of my work is smut. But to have my resume altered to not show the work that I put in, the talent that I have, it is an insult.

But that's enough of that, this isn't a blog for my ranting and anger, it is a blog about literature.

I have not been idle, as the title implies. I've been struggling with writing, writers block, and with finding adequate things to read. But read I have, and I recently finished a book that I will review. I've also written some things geared toward a younger audience.

I enjoy writing things that are clean; my biggest issue is finding ideas that don't have erotic or adult undertones. But they do happen, and when they do, they're lovely. Starting tomorrow (or later today, considering it's already morning hours), I am going to work on my editing, and on articles for what I've read.

This blog will have quite a few updates done to it, so I hope that the few people that read it will enjoy that I've written more, and will update more frequently again.

New Stuff Coming Soon!

I will admit shamelessly that I haven't been doing as much reading as I should. I've only really read one book, The Wind in the Willows, and I will have my review up some time this week I've kept myself a busy bee knitting and crocheting, but I do have a book that I'm starting to read, which I think will be another I review.

I have not forgotten about this blog, not at all. Just wanted to put that out there.