Moriah Snell Writes . . .

Via Pinterest Gratitude in heart, I breathe it out A smile in words. Sunshine after rain Rain's soft dance Wind in trees Friends I trust Family I love Things I need Gratitude in heart I breathe it out A smile in words

From Snoopy meets Hobbes Here's hoping that anyone and everyone who's half way through #NaNoWriMo is absolutely smashing that 50k word count. Due to my retail job, I'm not participating in it this year. So I'm just offering all the support and writing help I can. Today's post deals with something I've discovered fairly recently and already enjoy. Today I'm introducing y'all to my bullet journal or bujo for short. From In Dots If you've never heard of bujo before, it physically is a journal with pages that are filled with lines of dots. That's it. But it really can be so much more. It's a design it yourself planner with no rules and no limits. I personally use my bujo to track my work schedule, monthly tasks, blog ideas, and anything else I need. Examples of "anything else" would be  budget, contact wear-age, and future plans. My set up is pretty basic. I use an index, of course, to help me find stuff easil...

From My Lifeblood ~ Writing Isn't that the most awesome thing?!?! It's accurate, humorous, and writer-ish. Why didn't I come up with that? A huge thank you to whoever made it! The same board As a shout out everyone braving #NaNoWriMo, I'm rounding up a few of my favorite writer websites. More accurately, these are simply four sites that help my writing. They arrange from obvious sites to some you might not guess. Let's go! 1.  Helping Writers Become Authors  is run by K.M. Weiland. She's an award-winning author. Featuring thousands of posts about story theory, structure, worldbuilding, and every other writing subject, it's an a treasure trove of knowledge. And it gets better. Weiland also responds to any writing question you email her, and for an easy starting place, check out the  Storytelling According to Marvel Series . 2.  Gail Carson Levine  runs a blog of mainly writing advice that all starts with her readers' question...

From My Lifeblood ~ Writing Why is Tony Stark's face so accurate? WHY?? Anyway, his face remains accurate, and any writer would probably agree. I've really been feeling it especially this past weekend as I tried something new. Some of y'all may already know, Ciara and Aleksander of The Dragon Books  fame are my OTP. They are simply the best, in my opinion. The same pinterest board I'm not saying I agree with this guy, but I won't argue against his point. Back to Aleksander and Ciara. I've completed one Dragon Book : The Dragons' Stones . Presently, I'm about halfway through the sequel, The Dragon's Skin . I love these characters. I seriously love them. And I spent all Sunday working with their happily ever after. It's not something I've done before. Usually, I just write the book, and it ends the way it ends. I'm good with that. But as I'm a little stuck in TDS2, I decided to try writing an eventual ha...

From My Lifeblood ~ Writing I firmly believe this. I have no idea who John Gardner is, but he is a hundred percent correct. If I wasn't a crazy dreamer, I wouldn't write. I would have chosen some other, more stable career. But here I am - crazy as anything and writing all my books. From My Lifeblood ~ Writing Now as a writer, I realize that a lot more than just words goes into my writing process. Some of them are kind of obvious, such as my worldview and the books/movies I enjoy. Some, however, are bit more unusual. For today's post, I'm just rounding up some of the ones I've come to recognize. I hope to update this train of thought as I spot more and to encourage y'all to discover weird writer things in your own lives. I Date Everything:  And when I say everything , I mean EVERYTHING . From bullet journal entries to story ideas, I write the date for just about anything I do. This partly for copyright purposes and partly for my o...

   Via Pinterest And that's where I am right now. Work-craziness is kicking in, and that's never fun. Take my advice, y'all, don't work in retail unless you have to. But enough whining. On to the post. What I'm Reading: Via Google  I love Robin McKinley's books, and this one was no exception. Harry has just arrived in a strange country, and she feels out of place. She loves the desert and isn't exactly unhappy, but she is restless and can't say why. From her brother's colonel, she hears wisps of stories about the Hill-folk and their fabulous horses. The stories aren't much, but they captivate her like nothing else. An excellent book. I rate it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I usually don't rate above four stars, so trust me and go read it. You can also check out  my review of Goodreads  if you need more convincing. Anybody whose already read it, who's your fave character? I love Corlath. What I'm Writing: ...

Cold air to the face Stumble back to reality Why'd you wake me from all the dreams inside of me? Sitting here wondering "What's the the point anyway?" Can't see the stars for the vapors you're spitting on me. You call me a dreamer And I would agree with you But what I really want to know is: "If this is your reality, why'd you stop me dreaming?"