Time for a change

I have been in a rut since this summer. I had some time to be a mermaid swimming in the lake but after that was over I fell into limbo and I have been struggling to get out of it. Some of that was tided to some rapid changes in my life.

It all started when I choose to leave a toxic friendship. This person had been in and out of my life for the better part of the last 20 years and they repeatedly hurt me with their actions and words. I decided that enough was enough and stopped all contact. That left me with some grieving to do and some anger to process.

Then came a chaotic time at my job. Things were rapidly changing and even now I do not know where the other shoe will drop or when. The one good thing that came out of that was my job is now much simpler and a lot less stressful. This has given me time to think about the future.

That brings me to right now. I am in the process of laying the foundation for my future and what I want it to be. I am using my current living situation and circumstances to help me get to the place I want to be. In order to help me stay accountable for all this, I am going to start up this blog again. It will not just be my videos and photos anymore – part of my soul will be put on these pages.

I am at the start of something I am going to call “Project Fox Hunt”. This is a novel series that will be the culmination of the last 10 years of creative world building. This is the first year that I am not participating in NaNoWriMo because I don’t find it helpful. I need to create new habits to help me achieve my dream of being a published writer.

Once a week, I’ll post an update about my progress here. I am currently at the start of the rough draft. I am writing in bits and spurts as I carve out time to write in a focused way. When I am not working on that and am in need of a break – I will turn to my hobbies to allow my brain to process the story in the background.

Below is a video for a Night Court playlist to help me set the mood for writing and creating. ACOTAR is one of my all time favorite book series. It was one of the first fantasy series that I read that brought together romance and adventure in a way that I thought was lacking in other books. It also had a complex cast of characters that I fell in love with.