What is it about me, willingly introducing trauma into my life and coping by putting bits and pieces of that trauma in my writing.

What do you mean, my book won't write itself?

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 46: "My query letter is immaculate." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #writerslife #amquerying

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 22: "I stick to all of my deadlines." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #writerslife

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 43: "I come up with great character names easily." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #writerslife

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 72: "Editing this document is easy!" #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting #writerslife

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 60: "There's no reason to fear editing." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Woke up yesterday to an email from my editor. Book one developmental report ready for review. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 29: "I didn't fall in love with my villain." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I'll listen to Pandora on my phone, taking screenshots of songs that spark my creativity, saving them in my gallery to iTunes later to make a playlist during writing. Does music play a part in your creativity? #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 54: "Not everything I write will be a series." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 68: "I can write a manuscript under 100,000 words." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I've been saying this for the last 3 Decembers. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 64: "I understand all of my shorthand notes when I look back at them." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Only have an hour, maybe an hour and a half free time today. Gotta see if I can get some edits done. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 51: "I will always write a happily ever after ending." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Staring at half an outline of book one of another 5 part series I've got in my head. I'm remaining the beginning part and back story of one of the main characters. Staring at the outlines, readingvthe same plot points over and over again, is one way I develop. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 35: "Staring at a blank computer screen for 4 hours is massive progress." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I don't use profanity very often in my writing. But when I do... I don't think I've ever willingly typed "duck" in a manuscript. #WritingCommunity

I'm in that writing existential crisis phase where I can't decide which project to work on. #WritingCommunity #amwriting.... NOT!!!

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 15: "I will never torture my characters." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 33: "I'm not suffering from writer's block. My characters just needed a break." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

AI, too. It's making research when I #amwriting harder and harder. #WritingCommunity

It's hard to just work on Book One. I inevitably always end up writing all of them at once. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 19: "I don't start sentences with conjunctions." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

The Oxford Comma. Making sentences less awkward since 1905. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 58: "That wasn't an unnecessary tangent. It was needed information." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 69: "I don't giggle like an immature juvenile when thinking about writing a romantic scene." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I finally rewrote the small fight scene I've been holding out on since That document update was lost. Funny thing is, it's only about a page. So, why was I being stubborn and not writing it again? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 37: "I would never end a sentence with a preposition." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 47: "I didn't repeat myself in my writing. I needed to add the extra emphasis. So, no, I didn't repeat myself." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 7: "I totally have a marketing plan for my book." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I actually typed a few sentences! I've actually been partially bitter to rewrite a fight sequence that got lost somehow when I transfered the document from Google Docs to Word. The partial chapter was just... gone. Frustrating. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 36: "Yes, sitting in a coffee shop, holding my drink, staring at my laptop, eavesdropping on others *is* market research." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

As my first manuscript is at the editor, I finally opened the document that contains the first 6 chapters of my next novel. And I just stared at it. Progress, am I right? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 55: "I am not thinking of editorial changes while my manuscript is at the editor." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 16: "I never put my trauma in my writing." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 27: "I never end sentences with prepositions." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I found myself talking to my aunt yesterday about sending my book to an editor. Her recommendation was that I could probably have the same thing done if I run it through AI. I could not explain fast enough how against that idea I was. #WritingCommunity #amediting #amwriting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 48: "No, I don't edit while I write. Why would I do such a thing?" #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 11: "Of course I saw that plot twist coming." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

I'm finding myself, after posting on Facebook that my book is off to an editor, needing to explain to family and friends that my novel is NOT in fact almost published as an editor is not the same as a publisher. #WritingCommunity

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 61: "I don't have problems with punctuation." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 21: "Of course I know the difference between smut and romance." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 52: "This 52nd (and final) draft is perfect!" #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 30: "This 14th draft is perfect." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Part of me is happy to have today off, but part of me is sad because it would be time and a half pay today at work.

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 2: "This first draft is perfect!" #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Lies I Tell Myself, Chapter 9: "No, I'm not working on 13 projects at once. This one has my full attention." #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

Words I constantly spell wrong: Research. I keep putting that 'a' behind the wrong 'e' every time. #WritingCommunity #amediting #amwriting