Mirriam Neal's Blog, page 10

an announcement of sorts

Sometimes, all we need is the right motivation to make a decision; and Jenny’s shiny new website (seriously, go look at it. It’s beautiful) snapped me into Decision Mode – it’s time for a change around here. I’ve spent the last couple weeks figuring out what those changes ought to be, and now I can… Continue reading an announcement ofsorts

10 misconceptions about me

I have always been a collector of things. It’s part of having an obsessive personality. When I was a kid, I collected folders and plastic animals. Now that I’m an adult, I collect notebooks and FunkoPops. As you can see, my tastes have developed greatly. However, I have an ever-growing collection that I’m ready to… Continue reading 10 misconceptions aboutme

one day, two guys

I sat at the window bar at Starbucks with my feet propped up on an extra chair, reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and drinking a peppermint mocha, my favorite Christmas-time drink. I glanced out the window and saw a guy somewhere between twenty-five and thirty walking up the steps with a pineapple… Continue reading one day, twoguys

//the good things

This year has been a downer, hasn’t it? It’s amazing, how much down can be packed into twelve months (less than twelve months!) but it’s amazing how much up has been packed into this year, too. I told Arielle this morning that whenever I have a negative thought about something, I try to counter it… Continue reading //the good things

//angels in the wilderness

There are many good ways to start off a weekend, but waking up with severe pain, unable to use my right leg, wasn’t one of them. As I hobbled on crutches from the car to the emergency room, I found it almost funny – and if my leg hadn’t been hurting so badly, I might… Continue reading //angels in thewilderness

//in which I am a dropout

I hate quitting. Even when I pile my metaphorical plate higher than Vesuvius, I hate to remove even a single thing from that plate. It feels like giving up. It feels like failure. Which is why it took me two weeks to realize I had to strategically retreat from quit NaNo. The setup was perfect… Continue reading //in which I am adropout

//I choose to be the moon

Tired. Exhausted. Worn out. These are the adjectives I would use to describe my soul right now – and not just mine, but the collective soul of everyone around me. Everyone is stressed, everyone wishes they could just rest somewhere until they felt energized and inspired again. Nothing is easy, and each day seems to… Continue reading //I choose to be themoon

//TDOTL; the end + snippets

For reasons I will divulge at the end of the month, I have a bit of ‘free’ non-intensive writing time on my hands right now. (I’ll pick the intensive writing back up on Monday.) As such, I have some time to write up a blog post to let you know that, after exactly a year,… Continue reading //TDOTL; the end +snippets

//some novel advice from a nano veteran

NaNoWriMo. JuNoWriMo. Camp NaNo. If you’re a writer with wi-fi you’ve probably participated in at least one of these events at some point, or this upcoming NaNo might be your first stab at the idea. Well, it’s your lucky day, because veteran Mirriam is here to help you. (This is my tenth time. I can… Continue reading //some novel advice from a nanoveteran

//what makes us who we are

“You make so much more sense now!” I’ve heard this joke many times over the years, and it never fails to make me laugh. I say something random – about what I loved as a kid, or what scared me, or something my dad or mom did when they were my age. The older I… Continue reading //what makes us who weare