by Colby R Rice | Mar 7, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
Some fantastic progress this week! Lots of goals hit, one of which I can’t even share publicly yet, but it. is. fucking. awesome! Here’s what went down: LAST WEEK’S HAUL What I wrote: Not only did I write a lot of The Iron Maiden, but I also wrote a...
by Colby R Rice | Feb 29, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
YES!! So while the last week lagged a little as well, and I continued to have to take care of administrative “life stuff”, I fought the drag like a demon, lol. AND WITH SUCCESS! I’ve finally broken free of the muck and mire to get some writing done,...
by Colby R Rice | Feb 22, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
So I’m starting to realize that a structure is emerging from these posts, so I’m just going to follow suit. Here’s what’s going on! LAST WEEK’S HAUL Last week’s successes: Yup. So we make plans and God laughs, apparently. The rest...
by Colby R Rice | Feb 20, 2016 | Book Reviews, Dystopian, Novels, Post-apocalyptic, Reviews, Sci-fi Thriller / Science Fiction Thriller, Young Adult / YA
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars A lot of people criticize this middle book of the Hunger Games series because they believe it “lagged”, “nothing was happening”, or “Katniss was too whiny”. And it’s...
by Colby R Rice | Feb 15, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
So we’re hitting the halfway point of the Q1 2016, and I’m honestly feeling a little frustrated. As a full-time mom to an extremely clingy and dependent (but oh so adorable) toddler, I really do try my best to be both a great mom and work on my books and...
by Colby R Rice | Feb 8, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
So I got a LOT of really important admin stuff done last week, and my word count suffered for it. BUT I also did a LOT of amazing worldbuilding and scene list-writing, so yes, there WAS some awesome story happening. Here’s how THIS week’s flowing: What...
by Colby R Rice | Feb 1, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
I’m starting to feel the pressure a bit as January comes to a swift and unforgiving end, lol! PRESSURE! What I’m writing: But yes, THIS week, I am still developing the new and improved scene list backbone for The Iron Maiden, while getting some important...
by Colby R Rice | Jan 25, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements, Uncategorized
What I’m writing: Still in the middle of the Iron Maiden. I stepped back from my word count to create a massive scene list for the purposes of restructuring the novel. Should be done and writing again by next Monday! What I’m editing: Nothing fictional at...
by Colby R Rice | Jan 18, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
What I’m writing: I’m smack in the middle of The Iron Maiden right now and am a little over 40,000 words in. That puts me over the halfway mark, with a projected 80,000 words to re-mold and rewrite. Aiming to hit 60,000 words by the end of this week. (That...
by Colby R Rice | Jan 1, 2016 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
Wow! It’s 2016! OMG! YAAAAAYYY!!! But wait, before we get into the new year, if you haven’t checked out my round up and assessments for 2015, now’s the time to do it: Creative Achievements for Q4 (October 1 – December 31) Creative Achievements...
