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5 Tips for Crushing Your Writing Goals

5 Tips for Crushing Your Writing Goals

Last month I talked about making writing goals. This month, I want to give you 5 tips for setting yourself up for success to crush those writing goals! Once you have your goals, it’s time for the next steps! Map out your week I like doing this on Sunday (sometimes Saturday, if I know my Sunday is booked). I look… Read More

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Goal Check In – October

Goal Check In – October

We’re fifteen days into the last ninety days of the year and it’s time for the first goal check-in. In all honesty, I wanted to film an update, but it’s amazing how much quiet time you don’t have when you work full-time from home and also homeschool. So, we’re going old-school blog post check-in. To see the full parameters, you… Read More

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Goals for the New Year

Goals for the New Year

I’m really looking forward to the new year. So much changed during the last six months of 2020 that I’m really leaning into goal setting for the new year. I loved the idea from Elise Cripe using the project breakdown notepad to break my yearly goals into monthly bite-sized goals. Really feel like I can get somewhere with my goals… Read More

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Check-in: Goals for 2019

Check-in: Goals for 2019

  We’re past our first quarter of the year, almost through the second quarter, and definitely time for an almost mid-way check-in with the goals. Visit the library 100 times. One thing that I’ve noticed this year is that I’m really starting to thinking about what I want the rest of the year to look like — and that meant… Read More

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The Goals for 2019

The Goals for 2019

I seriously love setting goals—monthly, weekly, yearly. Totally love it. This year I really wanted to be mindful of the goals I was setting (ie: not reliant on other’s schedules in order to get completed … such as so much of the house planning stuff on last year’s list). There’s a lot of bookish and writerly things on my list this… Read More

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2018 Goal Check In

2018 Goal Check In

I had two sets of goals this year: personal and writing. Here is a mid-year check in on the goals — what is working, what isn’t working, what I’ve already accomplished, and what it getting abandoned. Finish house projects: kitchen, living room, office/cubbie, master bath: phase 1 Two rounds of whole 30: January, October Get piano Buy more plants 12 Family Selfies… Read More

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How to become a crazy plant lady

How to become a crazy plant lady

So apparently when I made the goal of “buy more plants” for 2018, I took myself seriously. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve obtained 16 plants, bringing my grand total to 20. So far there has been only one casualty. I’ve had a couple questions about the plant life so I thought I’d share here. Where do you purchase/get your plants?… Read More

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Do you have a comfort show? Someone asked this t Do you have a comfort show? 

Someone asked this the other day over on Threads and it got me thinking… what is my comfort show? 

Doctor Who def falls under the comfort show for me. Sadly I don’t actually own any of the seasons - but we have an amazing library. I needed a little comfort watch today. 

Do you watch Doctor Who? Which Doctor is your favorite? Which Villian? 

I love 10 + 11. And the Weeping Angels and the Silence are my favorite. 

What is your favorite comfort show?
You know the drill!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼 You know the drill!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼
Good afternoon, creatives! Don’t let the Mondays Good afternoon, creatives! Don’t let the Mondays get you down!
Oh. Neely and her books. She might get this little Oh. Neely and her books. She might get this little tidbit from me <3 I do love my books. 

Atlas of Neely Spencer chapter one is now up on Substack — read and subscribe for frees!
I love connecting with readers and writers online. I love connecting with readers and writers online. 

Here is everywhere you can find me. A follow is only a click away! 

The best way to follow is my newsletter — let’s be honest, social media is a fickle thing and it can go down or crash at any moment, so if you for sure don’t want to miss anything, make sure to get on the list! 

So glad you’re here!
Atlas of Neely Spencer chapter two sneak peek! I d Atlas of Neely Spencer chapter two sneak peek! I don’t know if this quote will make the final cut, but oooooh this scene. (I know the teasing is mean. It’s coming soon. I promise.)
I’ve been a literary agent assistant (with Mary I’ve been a literary agent assistant (with Mary DeMuth Literary) for a few years now, and I’ve read a lot (a lot) of queries. I’ve picked up a thing or two and wanted to share them here...

- Do your research: before you query an agent, make sure they are representing what you are trying to query. It wastes everyone’s time if you query hoping to change an agent’s mind on a genre (a lot of time it’s not that we don’t want to sell what you’re offering, it’s that we don’t have the contacts to do so.)

- Don’t send via your phone: I mean, I guess you could query from your phone, but you’d better make sure that email is formatted within an inch of its life, and you haven’t left anything out. Take your time and make sure you are hurriedly jumping into something (that leaves a really bad first impression — you don’t want that.) 

- Do format your email: Please, for the love of mac and cheese, do NOT send one terribly long run-together paragraph. Give me some white space. My eyes thank you

- No complaining about the standards + guidelines: Don’t complain in your query about the standards and guidelines set up by the agent you are querying. If you have a problem with them, just don’t query that agent.

Let me know if these tips were helpful! And be sure to follow along for more tips like these!
Good morning, Creatives. Smile the Monday away! Good morning, Creatives. Smile the Monday away!
Working on chapter two now, but while you’re wai Working on chapter two now, but while you’re waiting ... be sure to read chapter one! 

On Substack for frees now!
Let’s be honest — she could still probably use Let’s be honest — she could still probably use a hug, but I’m sure Hank is all too willing to help out with that. 

This is such a fun trend. Have you read Hank + Murphy’s story. You should. It’s one of my favorites (if I do say so myself.)
Just a wild Tuesday night. Get caught up with Ne Just a wild Tuesday night. 

Get caught up with Neely Spencer - free now on Substack!
What's coming up in 2025! Here is it! Everything What's coming up in 2025! 

Here is it! Everything I (hopefully) am releasing in 2025! I wanted to share this here, so you can have what's coming on your radar. 

Disclaimer: While I would LOVE to make sure all of these get released this year, sometimes life happens. Make sure you are signed up for my newsletter to get all the updates. And make sure you're following the Neely Spencer project on Substack, so you don't miss any chapter releases!
Good morning, Creatives. It’s a new week which Good morning, Creatives. It’s a  new week which mean it’s time for new goals. Happy Monday!
I’m so ridiculously excited about this project! I’m so ridiculously excited about this project! 

Chapter one is up now - I’m working on getting chapter two written!
I’m releasing Atlas of Neely Spencer chapter by I’m releasing Atlas of Neely Spencer chapter by chapter on Substack (for free — unless you decide to fund the project!)

While I don’t have the project completely plotted out, it has me all up in my feels. I can’t wait to introduce you to some of the characters that are coming up. I promise a slow burn romance, feisty and strong female lead (you can already see that in chapter one), forced proximity, all the banter, adventure, and a talking cat (named Sanderson... oh he’s one of my favorites.) 

You can follow along on Substack — chapter one is up now!
Hello! I’ve been slowly getting more followers o Hello! I’ve been slowly getting more followers over the past couple of months, so I thought it was time for a little updated about me post and what you can expect in my little corner of the inter webs. (Have I ever actually posted one of these? I don’t think so... so here we go!) 

Instagram is my favorite. I’m so glad you’re here!
That’s a wrap. 💃 April you were a good one. That’s a wrap. 💃 April you were a good one.
The inspiration post for Neely Spencer is now up o The inspiration post for Neely Spencer is now up on Substack. 

(Neely Spencer being the story I’m releasing serially on Substack.) 

I’ll be back next week (hopefully) with chapter two of the story!
What did you read this month? What did you read this month?
Good morning, #creatives. Stop waiting for someday Good morning, #creatives. Stop waiting for someday!
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