by NatashaDeen | Jul 9, 2019 | Events, Failure Wins, Writing
You’ll want to double-check the time/date with the branches, but this is my summer schedule for the EPL’s Summer Series. I’ll be talking about snow, dogs, stars, insects, and fairy tales, and how our stories make the world better. (I’ll also...
by NatashaDeen | Jul 4, 2019 | Failure Wins, Writing
I’m working on a story for grades 3-6 and I was tracking my word-count-to-time-invested progress. By which I mean, I was writing and getting mad that an hour in, I was only at 225 words. Then I had to remind myself of a few things There is no standard pacing...
by NatashaDeen | May 25, 2019 | Failure Wins, Writing
The past two weeks have been…decent. Instead of forcing myself into writing (or berating myself for not writing), I used the time to read”not for research or teaching”I read for fun. And I realized I needed it. I needed to get back to the other side of the...
by NatashaDeen | Feb 7, 2019 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing
My current Work In Progress (WIP) is…is less work and more trial and tribulation. Trying to hear my Main Character’s (MC) voice is like being in a dark cave and playing Marco-Polo. I’m yelling, “Marco! Marco!” and I’m getting...
by NatashaDeen | Jan 15, 2019 | Failure Wins, Life
Yesterday, Gilette released this ad to both positive and negative reviews. In the positives, people feel it’s embracing a new definition of masculinity and the ad is pro-human. In the negatives, folks feel it’s anti-man and assumes the worst in men. I find...
by NatashaDeen | Jan 9, 2019 | Failure Wins, Ramblings, Wednesday Woe, Writing
And of course that question would be, “What is the correct way to write a book?” I think this is the question that keeps writers up at night, whether we’re published or not. Is there a right way to write a book? Sure, there are LOADS of How-To books...
