R.M. Methven's Blog

Big changes: SAHM to Working Mom

Hello lovelies,

I have a huge life update…the biggest one I think I’ve ever shared.

For years now, I’ve been doing a lot of personal growth, as we all should as we go from young humans to older humans.

I feel like a lot of the political and social aspects of 2020 opened my eyes up to some toxic ideas that were just sort of permeated into me from my past. I grew a lot that year and have just continued on that path ever since.

This last year as I’ve said before, I wanted to ...

May?! (did we skip April?) Rebranding? | Let’s do an overshare

Hello lovelies!

Did we skip a month? it feels like we skipped a month.

It’s already MAY! Which is ridiculous. I totally did not blog at all in April as you may have noticed (oops, sorry!). But I was busy! Well, I feel like I’m always busy.

My overactive, creative brain just never shuts down and won’t stop generating more ideas and basically never lets me rest. Maybe I have ADHD, maybe I’m just crazy? who knows.

So, I did not, unfortunately, finish editing Serenading Death befor...

March! – Editing Update

Good morning, lovelies!

Happy March! I am still sort of surprised we are already over a week into March. It seems like this year is already going by fairly quickly.

I am still editing. I unfortunately did not finish by the end of February, but I’m in a good rhythm now, so I am excited about that.

The first week of March is always fairly busy for us because it is a week of birthdays in our family. My mom’s birthday is the 1st, and my new niece was born on the 2nd! (Which was already my ...

February Mid-Month Update | Editing, Date night, running, and more!

Hello lovelies!

Here is a video I made recently, not too much new information, but it was fun to do a vlog because I haven’t made one in awhile.

So far, the first bit of February has been pretty productive.

I had my MRI February 2nd and subsequently had a whole 6 hours to myself while a friend watched the kids for me. I have not had that much time just being ‘me’ in years, and it was honestly really nice. Of course, about 1.5-2hrs of that was going to the hospital and waiting and...

January Wrap-up

Hello lovelies!

I had quite a productive January. I managed to achieve most of my goals, which is fantastic!

January Writing goals were:

-Finish the first draft for Serenading Death

-Create cover

January 24th, I finished my first draft of Serenading Death! I still can hardly believe it, but I did it! I’ve been trying to find time to write this book for the last 4 years (closing in on 5) and it turns out all I needed to do was just focus 100% of an hour or so every day to writing ...

January 2024 Reads

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Hello lovelies!

I managed to read 7 books in January! more than I was expecting to, so I’m pretty pleased.

A few of these were audiobooks that I listened to on Audible, I tend to listen to audiobooks more often these days because it allows me to do other things while “reading”. But I still enjoy sitting down to read, I just hav...

Mid-Month Update – Writing Check -in

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It feels like a lot has happened in the last ten days or so since I did my writing check-in. I’ve been working pretty hard at all my goals on top of my normal everyday things I do as a wife, mama and human being.

My word count since my last writing check-in is: 9,308 words!

Not quite 1000 words every day, but close to it so I’m happy with that. There were a couple days I wrote more than 1000 and a few days where I didn’t get any writing done at all.

The book is c...

My Favorite Reads of 2023

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Hello lovelies!

in 2023 I had a goal to read 70 books and I surpassed that and read 104! I’m still surprised by that. It’s a lot of books and I’m very happy to have got back into reading and listening to more books the last few years.

This year my goal is less, but if I happen to surpass it again, that’s great. Because I’m focusin...

Writing Check-in | January Goals

Hello Lovelies!

I have been plunking away at ‘Serenading Death’ the sequel to my novella Hunting Death for just over a week now and have added quite a few more words to my manuscript! I’m super excited about my progress and where my story is going.

I have written 8,308 words so far this last week and plan to do at least 1,000 words today so that total will hopefully be in the 9,000’s by tonight.

On top of writing the actual book, I am working on my cover design. After listening to a...

Reflecting on 2023 and Entering 2024

Hello Lovelies!

As 2023 draws to an end, I am finding myself reflecting on everything that has happened in the last year. I still can’t believe it’s almost 2024!

The way time works as an adult, and especially as a parent, is fascinating. It simultaneously feels like this year has dragged on forever but also like it’s passed by incredibly fast.

I wanted to share some of my reflections with you; things that happened and things I am proud of and things I want to change, so let’s get start...