Personal Thoughts

Have you ever written something that was entirely out of a certain emotion? I have done that so many times and I am sure that I am not alone in this. The question is what do you do with it once it’s been written? Most of the time, my emotional induced writing just sits wherever I wrote it (on my laptop or in a notebook or on random pieces of paper) and I rarely ever look at it again. I looked at one of the pieces of writing I did that was heavily influenced by the emotions I

Yesterday, I completed my yearly ropes course. I have had to participate in at least one low ropes course for the last two, three years. In my staff’s eyes – more specifically my boss’s eyes – I am kind of a pro at this. I kind of have a love-hate relationship with the ropes course. I somewhat dread doing it every year because I know what it’s meant to be about, but at the same time that is one of the reasons why I love them. It’s an opportunity to build your teams because

Have you ever had a difficult time explaining something that is going on and then you read something that explains it exactly? Well that happened to me recently. Even looking back at the night that I came across these words, I cannot even begin to try to explain what I was feeling in my own words. I remember not being able to tell if I was okay or if I was slipping away, but I don’t remember much else about how I was feeling. But I reached for my bible. Typically when I pick

I’m currently reading a book for my position as a Resident Assistant – Toy Box Leadership by Ron Hunter Jr. & Michael E. Waddell. It makes sense for the Housing Department to assign a leadership book to their staff because we are all in a form a leadership at some point in our lives – more specifically as RAs, we are leaders in the residence halls. As I was reading the LEGO section, I came across something that I wish people would just understand in general. …your relationsh

It irks me when I have a completely awesome idea and I get seriously stuck to the point of being unable to keep the idea moving along the road to completion. I decided to participate in July’s Camp NaNoWriMo. I had a great idea for a story and I was super excited about it. It was going well for a few days, but then I got stuck and I have now failed Camp NaNoWriMo. Because I got stuck, I project hopped (see post from a few days ago all about that). Since I project hopped, I go

There are times when I really want to post something I have written because I am super proud of it and want others to see it. Then I start thinking about it a bit more. Because I want to be a published author, I really should be careful about what of my fictional pieces that I post. I don’t want others to steal what I’ve written. I also don’t want the fact that I posted a piece of it, or all of it on a blog to be the reason why it cannot be published. If I’ve written it, it s

I posted this on my tumblr the other day: “Trying to figure out a character’s taste in music, so you can write their story more easily, is like trying to decide what you want to eat when you’re not in the mood of anything that you have.“ When I am working on something, I like to have some kind of music playing. I prefer it do have some kind of relevance to what it is that I am writing. When it is fictional, I try to find the protagonist’s taste in music. I’m sure many people

Something I do when I get stuck on one project is I hop to another one. This can be good, but for me, more often than anything it’s very bad. It’s probably why I haven’t honestly completed any of my novel ideas. Let me lay all of this out for you. I will have what I consider to be an awesome novel idea and I’ll get super excited about it. I’ll write everything that is on my mind about it down and maybe even start writing part of the story if that is what is on my mind at the

How many times have you asked yourself that question? Why do I do this? Why do we do anything? Honestly. Think about it for a moment. Why do you do the things that you do? Why is it that you are doing the job that you are doing? Why is it that you read the blogs that you do? Why is it that you write the posts that you do? Why is it that you create the things that you do? I have been in many situations lately that have ultimately asked this question. This question has been on

By the title you may have some ideas as to what it is that I am going to be discussing in this blog post. I know this doesn’t really have anything to do with my journey in becoming a published author, but let me assure you it does because it is through camp that I have some of the ideas that I do for the stories I wish to share. I attended this one particular church camp from 3rd – 6th grade and it was fantastic! It was an environment that was created for me to enjoy myself

What is love? A question that has a multitude of answers. What are the answers? They are merely words that lead to more questions. So love is a question? That all depends on whom you ask. For love, itself is a daunting task. It is a task that requires patience. Because love is patient, love is kind. Love is a vast variety of things. Love is the reason many sing. So what is love to you? To me? Love is frustrating. No… love is frustration. It’s that and still want

The future is imminent. Because of how imminent it is, it’s kind of daunting. I think the reason why it is so daunting is because we don’t know what is going to happen. I think that one fact holds a lot of people back from doing whatever it is they want to do. While I may not know if the guy I am dating now is the one I will spend the rest of my life with, I don’t let it stop me from making totally awesome memories with him. Even though I have absolutely no idea if any publis

It really is a beautiful thing watching your story come to life. I wrote a ten minute short film on depression for a class project. My group started filming on Friday (4/4/2014). We have spent about 16 hours on this and we aren’t quite done yet. We just have a little bit more to do before all of the footage is considered complete and ready for editing. It has been really cool being on set and watching this come to life. The actors that the director chose fit perfectly! They

Rejection letters are never fun to reveive. I, personally, think it is worse to receive them secondhand. Due to not living at home for college, there are things that get sent to my parents’ place that I kind of need to know while I am here at school. I have received a total of five rejection letters prior to the one that I received today. Two of them were school related and two were publication related and one was job related. The one that I received today dealt with a schola

On March 22 – 23, 2014 I attended a YouTube Convention called Playlist Live. I truly enjoyed myself. I had the pleasure of meeting a good amount of the people whom I admire in the YouTube community. I definitely learned a lot from the panels I attended and cannot wait to apply all of that information to my videos. I also learned a few things about attending conventions. #1 – Meetups a great, but only if you don’t plan on attending anything else. I attended one meetup and I d

So I’m currently reading FanGirl by Rainbow Rowell (one of the nine I have chosen to read for my Young Adult Lit class) and I’ve enjoyed what I have read. The main character is a college freshmen and she has worked her way in to a Junior level English course. It’s a Fiction writing course (If only my college offered such a thing – well they offer a Creative writing course, but I don’t think that is exactly the same). On the first day of class, the professor of this course say

Sometimes my imagination decides to keep me up late at night with an idea that seems oh-so-wonderful. Honestly, how wonderful can this idea be that it is keeping me up till the early hours of the morning? The only way that I have been able to tell if I really like the idea as much as I think I do at 3 in the morning is if I am still excited about it the next day. Thankfully this doesn’t happen to me all that often, but when it does happen, it’s when I need to get up early. So

I think that a common question for any aspiring author is “what am I going to do?”. What am I going to do until I get my “big break”? What am I going to do to help me stay afloat? As a Junior in college, I’m having to ask that question more and more as I approach the end of my college career. I’ve been told by multiple professors that I should go for my masters because that would help me in the world of writing. The only thing about that is that I do not have the money to go

I love it when it rains and I can stay inside and write or read. I don’t know what it is about the rain. I always feel like my imagination gets a charge out of the rain – especially when it is a thunderstorm. There always seem to be endless possibilities when a creative outlet can be utilized while the outside does not seem to welcome your company. I do enjoy playing in the rain, but that is not an “all of the time” type of thing. Playing in the rain does present its own set

I hope I’m not the only one who experiences this during the writing process. Do you ever feel like a story is stuck because what you’re thinking is meant to go next isn’t quite right yet? I experience this more often with my writing projects than I actually complete a story. It’s frustrating. I have an idea of what I want to put there but it doesn’t seem to be exactly what should go there. Whether it is an event or a symbol, it has to be exactly what I see inside my mind. I d