Camp NaNoWriMo 2021 - Week 1

Week 1

Just this week I wrote 8,330 words for Project G/Season 4! It has been awhile since I felt this inspired on a fic! I had given up on this fic a month ago but the rush for it came back full force. I had planned 30K for July but I can see myself reaching more than that! Fingers crossed! 

JuNoWriMo & Camp NaNoWriMo Updates

Credit to JuNoWriMo

This week I learned about JuNoWriMo from a fellow author friend Naley G. It follows the same format as NaNoWriMo, and I thought it would be the perfect time to start my latest novel. In November 2020, I wrote a novel that I thought was going to be the one. You know the one I would query and maybe get an agent. Flash forward, and it is not the one. For some reason, I hate the story. Okay, that might be a little tough. Honestly, I know what is wrong with the story but instead of revising it; I took bits and pieces of it for a brand new novel. 

Am I crazy? Yes! Will I accomplish a new novel in a mere few weeks? Hell no! 

I have some important dates coming up, one of my best friend’s weddings, one of my best friend’s major birthdays, father’s day, end of the school year for my daughter. Your girl has a lot going on, a lot! So I spanned my novel into July’s Camp NaNoWriMo and split it between these next two months. 

In July, my schedule will allow me more time to dedicate to my novel but also take some breaks from it! It is good to step back and look at what you are working on. These next few weeks will be packed but fun, and I am going to document it via video! Maybe I will get the courage and start my Authortube channel? We will see. 

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Camp NaNoWriMo 2021

 

It is that time where every April, I participate in Camp NaNoWriMo. For 2021, I will be focusing on a new piece of work that is going to be a short story. I usually do novels, but this year I decided to take a step back and work on something small. I am in the process of starting a new job, finishing up a graduate course and deciding if I want to continue with this degree. The class I ended up taking was a dud, and it is not making me feel like I should continue with the program. That is for another post in another time. 

Here is the usual info about the “Camp”

Camp NaNoWriMo is your virtual writing retreat. Every April and July, take four weeks to embrace your creativity and dive into your next great writing project.

At Camp, you can:

1.     Tackle any writing project, novel or not. Are you revising your next draft? Preparing to write the next great musical, a la Lin Manuel Miranda? Penning a collection of poems? Camp is fertile ground.

2.     Set your own writing goal. Warm up for 50K by setting a word-count goal of 25,000. Or track hours, lines, or pages… whatever works for you.

3.     Find your own, personal writing group. At Camp NaNoWriMo, you can be sorted into a public cabin with writers according to your preferences, or create a private cabin for you and your already-established writing buddies.

You can message me anytime! Name is Kimmyax3 and I will be checking in from time to time. 

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This year I hope people venture out of their comfort zone and do something different. Also read something new that you haven't before to inspire you. Other than that here is to a good April!

Happy Writings!

2020 NaNoWriMo Winner

NaNoWriMo 2020

One of my faves but one of the hardest. 

NaNoWriMo 2020 - Day 1 (Word Tracker)

Here is a small post today in the spirit of the first day of NaNoWriMo! The Word Tracker I will be using this month! It was drawn and designed by me, and if anyone would like to use it themselves! Write a comment or shoot me an email!

Preptober - Notes

 

NaNoWriMo 2020 Notes

Preptober - First Week

Hello, Fellow Readers and Writers, welcome to October! This month means a lot to me in various ways. My anniversary is in this month, my birthday, and of course Preptober for NaNoWriMo! This year I feel more inspired than usual which can either mean two things! Great things will be coming or I will crash and burn this year. 

This year I am writing the novel I am looking to have traditionally published but also working on an old novel. Challenging myself to do that has been an interesting one but helpful. Both novels are YA Fantasy with similar ideas of magic, and friendship. Editing one is inspiring the other which in the long run is helpful. 

Prepping for this month includes using some brand new journals I got from Typo through Cotton: On, and brand new BIC Gel Pens. This makes me feel at peace, I think other journal obsessed lovers would understand. The main goal for these projects is honestly to just get into the groove of writing again. This pandemic has stopped some other elements in my life but writing has been itching in the back of my mind. 

If anyone wants to connect, I am Kimmyax3

Happy Writings!

I Am Cath Avery

If you have been following my blog for a while (seven years) then you will realize that this post is similar to I Am Fern Walters. That post focused on Fern Walters from Arthur, who like I, is an introverted writer who second-guesses her self. Well today I will be talking about another character that I relate to very much

Cath Avery

Cath Avery, is the protagonist from Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell a freshman who just started the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with her twin sister Wren. What relates me to Miss Cath? She is a writer and a fanfiction writer who basically is an introvert while her sister Wren is considered to be the "social one". Cath hates anything social and she is obsessed with the Simon Snow series (Harry Potter parody) which is similar to me because I am a Potterhead who also hates being social. However, the point of this post is to talk about Cath and her love for fanfiction. 

When I first picked up this book, I fell deep into it because I felt just like Cath. In middle school and high school, I had dabbled in fanfiction for series such as Charmed and Dawson's Creek. However, my show was One Tree Hill, and I just fell into the show but I wanted more and I started writing my own stories. I learned what fanfiction was in 2003, and never looked back. Writing fanfiction showed me that writing was my passion, and I wrote a lot of fanfiction for the show like A LOT. They are somewhere deep in my laptop and emails but I was obsessed and so is Cath. She focuses her time on writing these stories and learns that writing is her passion. 

As the novel progresses we learn how much Fanfiction has saved Cath through the facets of her life. Fanfiction has always had and will be a part of my life. I still write it but for other things but a girl may go back to One Tree Hill because I can definitely rewrite those stories (I was a teen and my grammar game sucked). The point is, it is a lost love of mine and I cannot wait to re-explore it. The novel also touches upon anxiety, romance, and mental illness. Things that plague my own life, and overall it is an amazing novel. 

I recommend it to writers of fanfiction and writers overall. 

This novel deserves a sequel! 

NaNoWriMo 2019 Winner

NaNoWriMo 2019

A novel that brought me back to my roots.

Camp NaNoWriMo 2019

It is that time where every April, I participate in Camp NaNoWriMo and usually I spend the time revising a novel but for the last two years I have been writing new novels. So I am going to continue that trend and start a fresh novel that I have been toying with. It was inspired by a prompt and then I was reading old stories my friends wrote. They inspired me to write this new story focusing on real life drama and away from fantasy. 

Here is the usual info about the “Camp”

Camp NaNoWriMo is your virtual writing retreat. Every April and July, take four weeks to embrace your creativity and dive into your next great writing project.

At Camp, you can:

1.     Tackle any writing project, novel or not. Are you revising your next draft? Preparing to write the next great musical, a la Lin Manuel Miranda? Penning a collection of poems? Camp is fertile ground.

2.     Set your own writing goal. Warm up for 50K by setting a word-count goal of 25,000. Or track hours, lines, or pages… whatever works for you.

3.     Find your own, personal writing group. At Camp NaNoWriMo, you can be sorted into a public cabin with writers according to your preferences, or create a private cabin for you and your already-established writing buddies.

You can message me anytime! Name is Kimmyax3 and I will be checking in from time to time. 

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This year I hope people venture out of their comfort zone and do something different. Also read something new that you haven't before to inspire you. Other than that here is to a good April!

Happy Writings!

NaNoWriMo 2018 Winner

NaNoWriMo 2018

The fastest I have ever completed a novel in my life.

NaNoWriMo 2018: Preptober

Camp NaNoWriMo 2018 - April

Every April, I participate in Camp NaNoWriMo and usually I spend the time revising a novel but this time I am going to set out to write another novel! Why not give myself a challenge? Most of the time my friends and I join a cabin but this year I am thinking about venturing out into a public one!

Here is some info about the “Camp”

Camp NaNoWriMo is your virtual writing retreat. Every April and July, take four weeks to embrace your creativity and dive into your next great writing project.

At Camp, you can:

1.     Tackle any writing project, novel or not. Are you revising your next draft? Preparing to write the next great musical, a la Lin Manuel Miranda? Penning a collection of poems? Camp is fertile ground.

2.     Set your own writing goal. Warm up for 50K by setting a word-count goal of 25,000. Or track hours, lines, or pages… whatever works for you.

3.     Find your own, personal writing group. At Camp NaNoWriMo, you can be sorted into a public cabin with writers according to your preferences, or create a private cabin for you and your already-established writing buddies.

You can message me anytime! Name is Phoenix.Trinity and I will be checking in from time to time. 

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That was from a post I wrote about a year ago and it still stands true to what I said.  It has been a while since I have felt inspired to write a series, or even a large story not meant for class. It is true what they say that once you start doing something you love for a degree on some level you tend to dislike it. This Camp NaNo, I am searching fort that inspiration and re-reading some of my favorite books, Harry Potter, FanGirl, Embrace. Which I recommend that everyone reads at some point in their life!

Happy Writings!

NaNoWriMo 2017 Winner

NaNoWriMo 2017 Winner

Inspired by my good friend Adam! Thank you for introducing me to a world of mystery! 

NaNoWriMo 2017 Prep & Fret

NaNoWriMo 2017

I am going to be working on ... I actually do not know what I am doing this year and that kind of terrifies me. Recently, I got married and I am working towards Grad School while juggling tiny toddler, school and work. As much as I want to say I'll complete 50K, honestly it might not happen this year! I am going to focus on some ideas I had last year or maybe try to start a series that has been floating in my mind for awhile! If anyone has any ideas on how not to feel stuck! Feel free to tell me. 

Things to be done in October

• Find out a story idea!!!!!!
• Read story idea notebook!!!!!
• Relax a bit
• Go to a few write ins. 
• Work on some NaNo Art

Things to be done in November 

• Try to Attend Kickoff 
• Write
• Read
• Re-Write
• Go to TGIO

My Region is New York City

You guys can add me -> Phoenix-Trinity

Kick Off will be at 

Twins Irish Pub [2nd Floor]
421 9th Ave, New York, NY b/t 33rd and 34th Sts, 
Thursday, October 26 2017 
7:15pm – 10:15pm

Subway Stations

34th Street Penn Station: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3

34th Street & Herald Square: B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W

Happy Writing - K.

Camp NaNoWriMo - April 2017

Every April, I participate in Camp NaNoWriMo and usually I spend the time revising a novel but this time I am going to set out to write another novel! Why not give myself a challenge? Most of the time my friends and I join a cabin but this year I am thinking about venturing out into a public one!

Here is some info about the “Camp”

Camp NaNoWriMo is your virtual writing retreat. Every April and July, take four weeks to embrace your creativity and dive into your next great writing project.

At Camp, you can:

1.     Tackle any writing project, novel or not. Are you revising your next draft? Preparing to write the next great musical, a la Lin Manuel Miranda? Penning a collection of poems? Camp is fertile ground.

2.     Set your own writing goal. Warm up for 50K by setting a word-count goal of 25,000. Or track hours, lines, or pages… whatever works for you.

3.     Find your own, personal writing group. At Camp NaNoWriMo, you can be sorted into a public cabin with writers according to your preferences, or create a private cabin for you and your already-established writing buddies.

You can message me anytime! Name is Phoenix.Trinity and I will be checking in from time to time. 

NaNoWriMo 2016 Winner

NaNoWriMo 2016 Winner

This was a hard novel to complete with the addition of a toddler, work and classes but it was a great feat! The best thing I could say is that I am proud I finished and before the 30th! Good luck to the rest of you and my best friend Ari!

NaNoWriMo 2016 - Day 1

NaNoWriMo 2016

(Credits to The Writer's Circle)

I Am Fern Walters

If you have ever read or seen the Arthur series, then you know exactly who Fern Walters is! If not, then I feel sorry for you, but she is an amazing character. Fern Walters is a secondary character in the series Arthur by Marc Brown and she is the embodiment of me. She is shy, a daydreamer and an imaginative writer.

Recently Season 20 of Arthur was released on PBS Kids and I watched the second episode titled “Fern's Flights of Fancy”. In this episode Fern decides to enter a writing contest in the newspaper after Buster mentions it. Everyone remarks that Fern is a prodigious writer and should enter, so she does. She writes a remarkable story and awaits the results. Unfortunately, Fern idea is rejected and feels unworthy of her talent. She gives up her dreams of being a writer and tries to indulge in other hobbies. Yet she cannot help to daydream and write in her diary. George Lundgren, her best friend finds out from Harry Mills, a reporter of the newspaper that he believes Fern will be an astonishing writer but she was outvoted. George tries to inspire Fern to enter other contests and gives her story to Francine to publish it in the school newspaper. The story is published and all the students clamor, she is an amazing writer and valued her story. Although Fern is dismayed with George she thanks him and elects to write again.

The reason I mentioned this episode is because as a writer we all shared this feeling. I’ve entered contests and did not win all them. That feeling pits in your stomach and you go over your writing with disappointed eyes. Feelings of failure grow into despair and the idea to give up is a strong one. One would not admit this, but I teared up during this episode. The connection with Fern was a strong one and I hoped she wouldn’t give up. She didn’t and the proud feeling swelled inside.

“Fern's Flights of Fancy” is a cautionary tale of not to give up. With rejection comes acceptance. You won’t win all but you can win some. Do not compare yourself to others but focus on your own work.

Happy Writings!

Art: Character Aesthetics

As a writer we all imagine certain things about and for our characters. I break down all my character into boxes and specifics until I see an image in my head. This can lead to either great things or horrible mishaps. (I have a tendency to be disappointed with myself). So as an inspiration tool I decided to create Character Aesthetics. Basically it's an image made up of things that are a representation of that character. Doing this helps me narrow down what my character(s) is about. 

This year I decided to take my talents to NaNoWriMo and create designs for others. Doing this allows me to practice as well as build up my portfolio. Plus it's a great way to make friends with other writers and artist! This NaNo will be a great one and if anyone wants to add me you can go right ahead. Phoenix.Trinity

Examples of my work! 

Gabriella Alejo from Breaking Down

Sijak for a NaNoWriMo Writer

Good Luck!