Well hello there! Come on in, it's cold out there. Well, it's not really, but this whole thing works better if you imagine you're standing in a snowstorm and I'm in here with a blazing log fire and a mug of cocoa with marshmallows for you. Imagined it? Good. It's that time of the month … Continue reading Polyglot NaNoWriMo Preparation, part 2
Well hello there! As you may be aware, every November I run a little thing called Polyglot NaNoWriMo. This basically boils down to a creative writing exercise, where we try to write 200 words per day of a short story (or really anything) in a language that is not your mother tongue. The idea is … Continue reading Polyglot NaNoWriMo Preparation, part 1
Listen. I’m still processing 2017, and I think it’s deeply unfair of you to make me embark upon yet another year I’m not ready for with so little warning. I hear what some of you are screaming at your screens, it allegedly happens like this every twelve months. To those vocal few I say this: … Continue reading New year, same old me
Well, here we are again - at year's end, again. Another year, another Polyglot NaNoWriMo attempt, another failure. My choices now are either to be unmotivated and dismiss the whole lot as a bad dream, or keep a stiff upper lip and try to think of it from a different angle. If I try to … Continue reading Another one bites the dust
So, as many of you may have gathered from my not-so-subtle hint dropping over the past month, it's almost time again for Polyglot NaNoWriMo. What's Polyglot NaNoWriMo, you ask? You must be new here! Well, let's start from the beginning. Polyglot NaNoWriMo is, for lack of a better phrase, a writing challenge. It’s a variation … Continue reading Polyglot NaNoWriMo: Preparation Phase
Well, here we are once again. Another Polyglot NaNoWriMo, another chance to drop out half way and feel bad about it. But you know what? This time, I refuse to let myself feel bad about it. November has been a busy month for me; I work full time, which I juggled with an online course … Continue reading Focusing on the positives
I'm no stranger to putting a little too much on my plate, and I'm not just talking about at Lao's Chinese buffet. Mainly because it closed down during the pandemic. Last year, when the time came to do Polyglot NaNoWriMo, it coincided with me moving into my new flat, so I was fighting to find … Continue reading Another slice of Polyglot NaNoWriMo
So, as a quick disclaimer - I'm not American, so I don't really know what the true summer camp experience is like, much less the feeling of returning home after a month in a cabin by a lake, but I've seen the Lindsay Lohan version of The Parent Trap upwards of twenty times, and I've … Continue reading Coming home from camp
Okay, so I know I’ve been promising this ‘mystery post’ for quite a while now… and I’m sorry to have to tell you that actually, this isn’t it. I thought I’d manage to get it finished for this month, but sadly, that isn’t the case. However, it’s worked out quite well because there’s something else … Continue reading Camp Polyglot NaNoWriMo
Well. It’s been a hell of a month. A hell of a month as part of a hell of a year. I had a lot of goals for this month, and… well, it’ll probably be no surprise to most of you that I was less than successful. I think there were mitigating circumstances, but even … Continue reading A month and a half
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