irregular prism
abominate and swell with my
sycophancy, gush my
inner monstrous core
until harm through mishap
detonates.
Thank you for reading!
-Alina
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Tag: salt lake city
Failing NaNoWriMo 2019
November has flown by and I have failed NaNoWriMo this year. With only five days left of November, I have over twenty-five thousand words to write if I want to complete the challenge. My fiction piece ‘Jack’s Story’ is a baby, barely over seventeen-thousand words and full to the brim of unnecessary dialogue and weird scene cuts.
Am I okay with failing NaNoWriMo this year? Does it matter that I am giving up with five days left? (Hey, if I wrote five thousand words every day until November 30th, I may actually be able to complete the challenge) The answer: Yes, I am okay with failing, and No, I will not give up on ‘Jack’s Story’. It’s good, I think, and turning into an interesting crime/mystery/thriller. I do love my thrillers. It’s got a different flavor from my current novel that I have finished and I am polishing up with the intention of submitting to literary agents starting in January.
Even though November is ending fast, I am planning on finishing ‘Jack’s Story’ whenever that is, ideally by the end of the year. I can juggle working on My First Novel and this one. While I am working on these projects I am having fun reading a selection of books, right now those are,
Face It by Debbie Harry (Memoir)
Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
It’s been a crazy month, but I am reading some great stuff, and making progress with my writing. I can only hope that my proactivity increases next year with the start of the new decade.
Thank you for reading this update, and thank you to all my followers that continue to keep up with my journey.
-Alina
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Snow lathered (poem #554)
Snow lathered,
ice-encrusted mountains
crest, clouds cover
whipped and smokey,
a city lay below.
-Alina
relatable image (poem #552)
Sun lifts
a dream on the edge
a relatable image
light refiltered,
colors chameleon.
Thank you for reading!
-Alina
NaNoWriMo 2019 & MCR is BACK!
Although I am still working on editing the final draft I have of MY FIRST NOVEL, I have decided to participate in this year’s National Novel Writing Month.
The intended goal is to write a 50,000 worded novel over the course of the month of November. Each day your writing goal is around 1,600 words in order to accomplish this. So far I have about 3,700 words written and I need around 1,700 written today to keep up.
I love to write Horror, scary stories, fiction in general with disturbing twists and turns that dabble with the strange, unusual, and surreal. For this NaNoWriMo I have decided to try my hand at realistic fiction. Keeping it in the ‘real’ world the best I can. So, of course, the book I’m working on right now is a Mystery/Crime/Thriller. Let’s see if I can pull it off.
What I’m listening to:
Pinterest Board/Inspiration:
Thank you for following me! And coming along on this new and exciting journey!
-Alina
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p.s. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE is BACK TOGETHER! I could not be more happy or shocked. I’m still trying to process this information so bear with me…
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