Let’s start with a good part: Free audiobooks As we say in Ukraine, “З паршивого кабана хоч вишкварки,” which roughly translates as Half a loaf is better than no bread. So, while Amazon is an evil corporation that treats its workers horribly, sometimes we can get something useful from it. …
I did it! NaNoWriMo successfully failed I know, it’s more than two months late for the results of a NaNoWriMo but better late than never, isn’t it? Interestingly, the main reason I didn’t write about this earlier has nothing to do with writing and writing goals per se: it’s just …
NaNoWriMo came to end, and by November 30 I wrote only 36 000 words. Failure? No. As I said before, I decided to make myself fail this year (after winning three years in a row). The reason was to make myself less obsessed with goals and to kill my inner …
NaNoWriMo is a National November Writing Month. It brings thousands of writers and wannabe writers together in their love for writing—and in a hope to finish the damn book that had been sitting inside for years. It began in 1999, almost twenty years ago. I even remember that I’ve heard …
One of the books I’ve read recently is The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman. It’s not about writing at all, but it gave me some ideas about setting and keeping writing goals — the thing that I often struggle with. The problem with …
I already wrote about subscription services from Japan some time ago (Snakku and JapanCrate), but now I’ve discovered a new one: Bokksu.com. I am yet to get the first box and see what’s inside, but I thought you might want to check it out yourself if you are into Japanese …
Last month I returned to writing… at least for some time. For about 2/3 of September I kept the pace of 500 words/day on weekdays, the goal I established for myself before, and even outpaced it. I was determined to keep it to the end of the month. My resolution …
I confess I’m a picky eater when it comes to sweets. Unlike my husband, I don’t think that if something contains enough sugar or HFCS, it’s automatically tasty. That’s why I could never imagine myself signing up for any subscription that would not let me chose the products I want. …
The school part is not about me, but about my kid who has just started a new school year. It means that I have time for myself in the mornings and can start writing again. I confess I missed it—summers feel too long in this respect. And mind you, in …
