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Fast Five: Writing Goals

Oct25

Hello, My Lovelies! So it’s been a minute since I’ve done a Fast Five on my writing goals.

Embarrassed? Eh. Partially, but I am not currently a professional writer, or even trying to break in. Even when I send stuff in, it’s a 50/50 on whether it’s because I want to “Be Published” or just share my stories.

So here we go!

  1. I unfortunately missed my deadline for LoH for the first time. It doesn’t feel good. Yes, there were reasons, but a missing story is a missing story.
  2. Currently, I am writing poetry sideways. Not necessarily one a day, but when inspo strikes I am  writing it down.
  3. And instead of writing in a Word document, I am writing it out long hand. In a pretty pretty journal/notebook.
  4. I have entered the era of letters. Some are fan letters, some are actual letters. The actual letters are for a memory care home for patients with dementia. There’s less than 25 residents, and I’m trying to do one batch per quarter. The fan letters are to authors.
  5. Trying to have fun again. Did one of those fan letters where it was a poem/story that if you read the first letter of each line going down it is their name. Silly? Yes. Fun? Absolutely. Will I ever share or send? Ummmm debatable. HahHaha

I’ve started to wonder about what I’m trying to write. Especially as I’m uncomfortable with parts of it. I think I’m just going to continue playing with words for the rest of the year and see where I’m at on what my goals should be for 2026.

Fast Five Goal Catch Up

Sep29

Oh my goodness! It’s been a minute!  But summer is well and truly over, and it’s time to knuckle under again 😳 Heres a really quick update on the goals I had for this year:

  1. Reading goal has been crushed three months early according to Good Reads. I don’t know why this irritates me– but it does. I have days of re-reading old favorites, but I don’t count them. So I think the goal was appropriate, just… I feel let down that the goal was accomplished early instead of closer to the end time.
  2. ARCs are still a thing I love. I’m happy to report that I’ll have 2 upcoming for you. One, I’ve already read and am just collecting my thoughts. The other I’m awaiting with bated breath.
  3. Writing has been different (see below). I haven’t been writing as much, as my writing buddy and I seem to have taken the summer off. The poem a day is so far behind and I’m not sure if I want to resume it or not.
  4. I still doodle around with my fiction. I say I have several stories that I keep hopping around in, but they are all built in the same world so I’m not sure how good or bad that is. I’m having fun and that counts..
  5. I have been keeping up with writing for the Ladies of Horror Picture Prompt. You should go and read some of these amazing stories and poems! If you’re more of an audio type person, there are reading in YouTube done by the lovely Elaine Pascale, The Godmother of Horror here

Ta for now, my lovelies! Let me know if I got the links wrong and I’ll get them long form lol

Fast Stats

May23

Ah, we’ve almost made it to the midpoint of the year. Hooray! I’ve been doing pretty good with keeping up on my reading and writing goals.

Ready? Set? Here we go!

  1. Since changing up my prose writing away from trying to do a novel I’ve not only written but have also submitted a few short (flash) pieces. I think I’m up to 4 submissions, with 2 more in the wings. One I’m waiting to open up and the other I still need to write.
  2. I’m still (mostly) writing a poem a day. There’s maybe a  few days when that didn’t happen, but there are also days when I wrote more than 1. I’m pretty sure that it will even out in the end.
  3. On my reading goal, so far I’ve read 194 new books. This is not counting all the re-reads I do. I enjoy reading 😃. Most of the time, the television is background noise.
  4. This is just an odd stat: I’ve DNF’d almost as many books as I finished. 132 to be exact. I just thought it was funny.
  5. I have been participating in the Ladies of Horror flash challenge and loving it. My most recent submission can be found HERE

That’s it for today, my Lovelies! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Checking In: Fast FIVE

Apr10

Oohhhh here we go! This fast five has to do with me, Myself and I. Lol. Just a quick check-in on how the writerly and readerly things are going

  1. Still reading an absolute MONSTER amount of books. Instead of constantly adding to the books read total, these past few weeks I’ve been rereading old favorites. At 140 out of the 350 I put on the 2025 challenge– I think I’m gonna be ok.
  2. I am currently grooving on the Ladies of Horror flash project. You can find it HERE. It explores a darker side that I find I really like. It makes it easier to explore some things– whether social or emotional. You should go and read all the fabulous poems and stories that are over there!
  3. Still doing a poem a day and making it to my 4pm writing date with the absolutely fabulous Rie. She has a substack where she does many types of poetry things. Here is a link to her post about one of my favorite things to hoard– blank note books!
  4. I’m getting better… I’d had a brutal  case of bronchitis and am slowly getting everything back on track. I’d let a lot of things slide while sick: housework, writing, all the stuff.
  5. Including my OTHER creative outlet– the planner journals. At first I started writing it in a journal but then stopped that too. And I’m not starting back up because it seems like so much work to back plan a MONTH. Maybe though… Maybe I should do what I do with my writing. Give myself a little bit of grace and start where I’m at. I can always go back and do the other weeks with my journal…

So there’s my current Fast Five. What would your current Fast Five include?

Not gonna lie…. Almost did a 6 but there’s nothing sinful to put on the list!

Merry Christmas!

Dec25

Hello my Lovelies!

I hope you are having the merriest of Christmases. Today has been lovely, lots of left over Chinese food and time with the Princeling.

Blossoming is a new piece that went live today. have been getting better about submitting my poetry and prose poetry. You can see my most recent work over at the Ladies of Horror (regular link in case it didn’t work above) 

Ladies of Horror Flash Project – #Horror #author Wynelda Ann Deaver @darc_nina #LoH

Hope you enjoy!