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Summoning 16: Low Key #DoMagick

Today’s ritual was very quiet and soothing. Not as invigorating as it has been and I wonder if it’s because I kind of knew that today was a going to be slow in the writing department. I had a fabulous lunch with a friend, got my Friday writing group posts scheduled, updated the blog, did my videos, and did some marketing and planning with friends. Now it’s time to go get some writing done. I do feel very energetic today even though no real writing has happened yet. More focused, too, which is...

Summoning 15: Fog #DoMagick

Today was just an all-around boring-ish day. Nothing unusual about the ritual this morning. I still felt the muse as I pulled her into me. Perhaps that’s why I got the wild hare up my ass and decided to clean off my work computer hard drive of the hundreds of scan files that were taking up a lot of the hard drive, which took a much bigger chunk of my day than anticipated. I’m hoping when I restart the machine tomorrow that it will be running faster. We’ll see. The machine is at least 6 years...

Summoning 14: Really? #DoMagick

So I had 6 days in a row off from the day job that I’d allotted for writing time and time with my writing tribe and husband, and unfortunately, two of those days required me to spend time taking care of family to-dos (Friday and today) and canceling my plans to attend a writing panel tonight.  I knew this going into this morning’s ritual so my heart wasn’t in it. Especially since I had to get up so early and again – I am totally NOT a morning person. I am going to take this as a sign that eve...

Summoning 13: Pop Goes the Muse #DoMagick

The muse and I have written a rousing 10K+ the past four days and I’m hoping the trend continues.

This morning’s ritual was rather cathartic. I felt an explosion of energy release near the end, and then I felt a burden being lifted from me.  Time to reinforce and do some inner alchemy.

Todays Card: The Moon  –  It’s time for me to follow my intuition. To let go of my fears and illusions. To not give in to anxieties.

In other news, my tribe of fellow novelists and I have started a vlog (that w...

Summoning 12: Let’s Get Physical #DoMagick

So we’re 1/3 through the 30 Day Magick Challenge. I have three challenges going on this weekend. The first is #DoMagick. If I didn’t already have a daily practice, I would consider this a challenge, but this is just regular work for me. The second is the 30 Days Live FB Live Video Challenge I’m doing with 5 other authors. I thought that would be more challenging than it is. I’m actually enjoying jumping onto FB and chatting with folks.  I may continue it for at least once a week after this ch...

Summoning 11: Shit My Muse Says #DoMagick

Ritual went as usual today. However, I had a hard time focusing on a single project. Don’t know my final word count for the night yet, but I’m including blog post word counts because it’s all writing slated for publication, even digitally published and given freely.

Shit My Muse Says

Muse: What if they get to the compound and find zombies and gargoyles?

Me: That’s ridiculous. No one would ever believe that, unless the zombies were the dead, vacant eyes of his followers. Maybe they’re drug ad...

Summoning 10: WORDS! #DoMagick

Today I did manage to do my summoning ritual early in the morning (too early if you ask me) before my day got busy.

Good news — I have already written 2,681 today. My goal is another 3,600 words before midnight – that will get me to todays 6,250 word count goal!!

In other news – today I learned that Thirteen Covens: Bloodlines Part One is a CIPA EVVY Finalist in the Occult Horror category!

Summoning 9 — Letters From the Muse #DoMagick

Dear Author,

If you just sit long enough, listening, you can hear my voice, a mere whisper in your ear.  If I stray, I never go far. You can summon me with your desire to create and I shall be there, standing beside you.  Listen to my words and create with your heart.

~Muse.

Summoning 7 – 8 — Can We Talk? #DoMagick

Hey, Muse. Can we talk? I have been summoning you every day for the past eight days, and each day you show up and we embrace — I draw you into me. Yet here we are – less than 700 words on most days. I’m expecting some fountain of inspiration and you’ve wandered off to… wherever.

When I finally sat you down for a discussion, you explained that I needed to chill out – get zen. You told me I needed to learn to relax and go with it, to quit tensing up and obsessing when the schedule got derailed...

Summoning 6 – Being Present #DoMagick

I got up a bit late this morning so I found myself rushing through the ritual, but I did focus and meditate on what I needed my muse for while in the car on the way to the office. In a recent video, an author friend of mine mentioned a little book called The Practicing Mind by Thomas Sterner.  This sounded like something right up my ally so I downloaded the Audible today and listened to it while I crunched numbers. I even had an opportunity to put some of the what book suggested into practice...