#writeblr blog

So, a few weeks ago, I'd made a post about how I wanted to create a community for fictional book writers and authors alike. Not for promotion. But rather to share their challenges because sometimes I felt like I experienced things I never usually see other writers talk about or feel the same way, so I wanted to create a community in which all writers/authors could join each other to share their challenges, know they are not alone, and also receive advice when they ask for it. Basically a behind-the-scenes community made for writers/authors alike.

Sometimes searching online and having to check multiple sources just isn't enough.

So, because Tumblr communities is still in beta, I had to submit my community for manual review before it could be approved. Today, I just got the notification that it was approved, and so I wanted to share this with you guys, finally!

I will warn you though that my idea wasn't previously named "Authors Haven" and I'd gone into a three-day long brain churning to finally come to Authors Haven. I'd even made a logo for what it was previously called 'Writers Ask & Digest'; and so that was the name I'd submitted the community to Tumblr under. I've changed the name now that the community is approved, as well as the banner.

So, here is my community!

Please do let me know if the link works.

"Valorar a quien acompañe tu vida, afrontar flaquezas personales y no oscilar la conducta, brindan claridad de sentimientos y seguridad en el afán. De esta manera la persecución de nuestra misión personal se vuelve sencilla y placentera".

Appointment book "fate will find us".

Alright, ‘tis been a while, but I am ready to try and get back into the swing of things this writeblr!

I’ve been getting quite a few new followers recently (welcome!) despite how dead this blog has been so I thought I would post a few updates. 

I am not dead, for one! Which is great as the end of this year really did try its darndest. Between work, depression, and the holidays I haven’t had time to do any writing or blogging whatsoever. But insurance is about to turn over (I work in the medical field for those who don’t know) which means the slow season is about to start. 

I dislike New Years resolutions as much as the next person and just find New Years to be a pain in general. That being said, I do want to work on my place in the writeblr community as well as on my own writing and projects in the next year, as is always my goal. 

Writing-wise, my goals are the following:

Really try and focus on one main (new!) project for the next year

Try and FINISH a first draft of a novel (’tis elusive for me)

Share more snippets 

Research different publishing options for the future

Make a habit of doing writing exercises and writing a little every day, even if it's short snippets. 

My focus tends to bounce everywhere and I can’t seem to plot or write a longer project to save my life (which is ironic since I use to write novel-length fanfiction with no issues...) It’s something I really want to work on tackling and see where the issues are arising. 

As part of working on a proper first draft, I plan on sharing my progress and work on this blog of course! I will be careful, however, as I am not sure whether or not I will be publishing in the future. 

Likewise, I am interested in trying to work on writing as often as possible and incorporating more exercises into my routine. Even if I’m just sitting at my desk at work describing the windows, it’s practice and its better than not writing at all. 

Blog-wise, my goals are: 

Try and interact with more writeblrs; I’m awkward and bad at it. 

Produce content for a wider writeblr audience such as general commentary, writing advice, memes, and (questionably) funny content

Participate in tag games and themed days to the best of my abilities 

Follow more writeblrs and projects

Read work from fellow writeblrs and be able to comment on said work

It’s hard for me to keep up a lot of times. I also have a hard time knowing when to comment on things, when not to, etc. But if I don’t actually do those things, I’ll never learn. 

I also am still working on my blog to make it easier to navigate and find important information regarding my stories and my writing specifically. Since I plan on focusing on a single and new longer WIP, I am hoping that will be a bit easier to manage. 

"Como el águila que peregrina en el invierno y detiene su marcha para orientarse, tomar aliento, así el espíritu del hombre habrá de hacer un alto en el camino. Una pausa destinada al propio análisis de su amor, sentimientos y destino".

— Juan Francisco Palencia.

"No pretendo serlo todo . . . ni tampoco atar, tu tiempo. Únicamente deseo mitigar, la sed   de tu alma. Parecer siempre, un manantial de refrescante agua".

Life shows how beautiful it is . . .

through the fragance of the flower,

in the voice of who l love,

leaves her and offers her in a bundle of illusions not released.

In our hands without guessing,

how it arrives, without asking how to live them, and if it takes home, inside the soul,

in the stereo of love, in the beautiful words of that blonde haired angel who came and accompanies me.

That is the beauty of life . . . sublime details of each day, it is useless to be hating and suffering, so l will never feel what is saved and that we both deserve.

So l will feel what is awaited and that we both deserve. if l just stare at what happened, in the past that will never come. in the past that will never come.

- Juan Francisco Palencia.

I’m also still trying to find a way to keep active during the summer, which is approaching as well. I’m hoping to go back to work and I’m hoping to get some sort of writing schedule up and running too so I can write at least a little everyday for a Colloquy between Gods and other projects as well. I do indeed have 2 other novels I’ve scraped for a while and I’d like to return to them and figure out how to fix them up if I’m being honest!

I also wanna figure out more writing-related content for this blog beyond just my own personal projects. Should I tackle writing advice? Share good writing advice I find? Dip into poetry (well, maybe not... ahah...) or maybe even start creating and writing some helpful writing exercises?

I can’t promise this blog will always stay active. Believe me, this WAS going to be one of my busiest years since starting college but well. Then quarantine happened.

That being said, I’d like this blog to be at least semi-active and be able to figure some stuff out before I get busy again.