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By CR Elliott on May 30, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Grief is a Curious Thing

Spring has been a bit of a doozy this year. My mother, who had been in decline for over a decade, passed away right before Mother’s Day. The timing was […]

By CR Elliott on May 23, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Scheduling Creativity

Lately I have been binging on Kate Cavanaugh‘s YouTube videos. I, like many of her recent subscribers, found her through her series of “I tried writing like…” (in my case […]

By CR Elliott on May 16, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Creating Characters

A character who gets everything they want without compromise or being compromised is usually going to be the villain of the piece or a minor, undeveloped character you never get […]

By CR Elliott on May 9, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Sketching Vs. Improvising

Whether you are a writer or an artist there’s the uniform recommendation to make an outline of your story or a sketch of your work in order to provide yourself […]

By CR Elliott on May 2, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

May Check-in

I’m going to be fully honest and say that I didn’t plan ahead for today’s post so I figured that a check-in would be a good alternative to a regularly […]

By CR Elliott on April 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

My Current Novel: Starting Over

As much as I’d love to emulate the success of writers who attribute their success to writing every day, rain or shine, I have stopped comparing my journey to theirs. […]

By CR Elliott on April 18, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

My Current Novel: Reading and Revising

The Starchild Series began life somewhere in The Sims 2 as I created worlds and neighborhoods. It was a pressure free environment where my mind could simply tell a story […]

By CR Elliott on April 11, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

My Current Novel: Origins

There have been three novels I have finished over the years and never managed to revise. A fact that remains vivid in my mind is that “you’re not a writer […]

By CR Elliott on April 4, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

My Easy Monthly Setup

I had actually planned this post for last week but had a bit of life happens and broke my weekly posting streak but now I’m caught up and back to […]

By CR Elliott on March 21, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Why You Should Start Journaling (if you aren’t already)

It might seem like a relic of bygone eras before blogging but journaling is a useful practice even if you don’t want to disengage from your devices.

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Two very different cat moods here today.
Little Lovelies. They're getting along so well in a fairly short time. Little Lady was getting bored being alone so now she's got her Buddy to hang with, chase and totally ignore.
It often feels as though any little break from creating will undo all progress but then I sit down and make something only to be surprised by what I discover.
I hate to tap out early but I'm still sick. I've been sleeping, trying to keep food down and doing mostly mindless stuff on my phone for the last week. My energy levels are just totally tanked. I've managed to do a little digital art/play when I feel well enough.
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