AUTHOR’S JOURNEY
A space for the messy, magical journey of writing. Tools, doubts, some victories, and the moments in between.
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So I am reading The Philosophy Book. For no particular reason, except to think about different things. If your mind is consumed by only one thought, give it something else. It solves nothing. But it keeps you entertained.
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What happens when I don’t write for more than eight days. I feel disconnected from my story, like I’m looking at it from the outside, through fogged glass; seeing only mist where there used to be the purple skies of Stellaris. I hate it. And at the same time, I know I’m doing the best…
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It took more than two hours to create the stories carousel with my 2025 books. People who say Instagram is not a full-time job are kidding. It takes a crazy amount of time. Again, I wonder how you can have a full-time job, kids, a house, write a book, and manage an Instagram page. It…
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I am so tired I want to cry. I feel suffocated. Cornered. Like I’m underwater. I have a thousand and one items on my to-do list—some take thirty seconds, some take two hours—but the mental space they occupy is enormous. I have zero lines written to show for it, and at some point I start…
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After months of circling around the idea like a suspicious cat, I bought Scrivener yesterday. Everyone said it was the tool for writers. And still, I resisted for as long as possible (more than a year, to be honest) — partly because I’m stubborn, partly because I thought I could get away with working through…
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And more than a month passed without writing — at least, without writing here. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been deep in the Story Genius practice. I now have a nearly complete blueprint — in bullet points and ideas — for not one but two books. I’m currently working through the final exercise: drafting…
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Still not feeling ready to move, I may be procrastinating. But nearly zero words were written again.I want to believe, since the story keeps brewing in my mind, that this is the process of the first book. The following books will move faster, right?
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…I have officially two (almost completed) books in the plotboard. The process was less than seamless, but as always in my life, I’ve discovered my exact mix between extreme organization and intuition. Meaning, the two steps back I took after half a book written (only by gut feeling), was the correct thing to do. Now…
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I understand the world better when I have rules, procedures, guidelines. Anything that I can follow and understand. Embarking on this creative journey was (without a doubt) one of the more daunting things I ever decided to do. And to be honest, I was lost.After taking online courses, conducting research, and attending webinars, I still…
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Emerged in this book:
feisty mind 