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A Piece Of My Heart

by Emily

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #2166092

A blog to house my musings, curiosities, and fascinations.

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#950895 added February 26, 2019 at 5:02pm
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January Accomplishments and February Goals!

Happy February 1st! We’ve made it through the first month of the 2019!

I had a surprisingly successful start to 2019 with regards to my writing. Before I left on my hiatus from WDC, I had been feeling a little stifled, and I wasn’t quite sure why. I’d been struggling with one story and trying to mold it into something, but it just wasn’t working for me. On WDC, I was trolling the Newsfeed, playing around on some forums, but not writing anything. My muse wasn’t fulfilled, and I felt like a writer who couldn’t write. So, when I did finally come back to WDC last August, I knew something had to change. I started slow, but then took on (and won) by first ever Nano, which really lit a fire under my ass. I was able to write something other than dry academic papers for school or reports for work. My creativity felt rejuvenated, and I was eager to keep writing after November. And the start of the new year was the perfect opportunity.

In January I wrote 14 reviews, read and wrote product reviews of 3 books, completed one "a very Wodehouse challenge"

, entered "The Prompt Me Contest"

twice and won once ("Emily's "Prompt Me Contest" Entries"

), entered "Invalid Item"

once with "We Live As Snails"

, entered "Invalid Item"

once, reached Super Achiever status in the "Habit Heroes "

, fulfilled my review crediting duties for the "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"

, and administered the official month of the "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"

. In addition, I surprised myself by writing three new pieces and entering them in contests:

On January 8th, I entered the "Plot Support - Results announced!"

with my short story "The Winning Color"

. To my surprise, it was awarded the Grand Prize and featured in the "For Authors Newsletter (January 23, 2019)"

.

On January 17th, I entered "SugarCube's Monthly Random Contest!!"

with my poem "Anxiety"

where it won first place!

And on January 21st, I entered "Invalid Item"

with my poem "Red Wing"

and just found out this morning that it won as well.

STATIC

The Winning Color

(ASR)
A defeated Queen attempts to bring a victory to her troops
#2179314 by Emily

STATIC

Anxiety

(18+)
Normal is sleepless nights, caffeine jitters, and a speeding heart ...
#2180075 by Emily

STATIC

Red Wing

(ASR)
Finding comfort in a solitary connection with nature. - Includes Reading
#2180434 by Emily

Umm, holy cow

. What?! I’m honestly dumbfounded.

Extremely thankful and appreciative, but dumbfounded! I haven’t written anything for like 5 years! This must be beginner’s luck, surely. But I’m ready to keep going in February and beyond!

I think my checklist last month really helped me stay on track and be productive, even though I didn’t get everything done. I did like seeing the check boxes fill up though, so I think I’ll do the same thing again! Monthly goals seem to be just the length of time I like to think about. Yearly goals are too long and end up being procrastinated, while my weeks are too variable for weekly goals to be much use. So, monthly goals it is! Here are mine for February:

Review:
15 for "Anniversary Reviews"