K.N. Timofeev's Blog, page 12

I’ve Finished Writing!!!!!!!

Time to party!!!!!

Oh yes! Oh yes!

Well, I probably shouldn’t party too hard. I still have to finish editing, but I’m a lot further along with that than I was with writing. I sat at my desk for about 6 hours a day for the past three weeks. It’s been rough. But now I’m in the home stretch and it’s time to dig deep. See ya around folks!

Editing day

I sat down to start working on the climax forSouls in the Dark, but the words wouldn’t come. I tried to write a few words but they just weren’t right. But I cannot do nothing, so it looks like it’s an editing day. I’ve almost caught up to what I have written so far which is great. So time to make myself a cup of tea…Oh wait…I dragged my hubby to the farmer’s market the other weekend. We were just milling about, I was looking for duck egg when I discovered something better; a tea merchant! Yea...

Crunch Time

Uh oh…

I just realized last night that I have slacked off a little this summer. It’s July and I haven’t finished writing yet….

I mean, I’m notthat far off from finishing, but far enough that I had to apologize to my hubby. I told him that I loved him but I needed to catch up this weekend. Luckily, I’ve revised about half the book on days that I had writer’s block, but there’s still quite a bit to go through. I’m still waiting on hearing back from my beta readers and I still need to contact m...

Pull the Pieces Back Together

I had a melt down a couple of days ago. It was pretty bad. You see, I suffer from bouts of depression and anxiety. They come and go with irregular frequency. The depression doesn’t last for very long, and I have good coping mechanisms so I don’t take medication. However, my anxieties are growing. The reason why I’m opening up like this is because I feel like I need too. So many people, and myself, have a hard time opening up about the darkness in our heads. I guess there’s a sense of shame be...

Marvel….My addiction

So with the leisurely time that is my summer vacation, I have dedicated some of that time to catching up on some shows that I’ve been meaning to watch. These shows are on on Netflix, which I recently acquired. The shows in question are Jessica Jones and Daredevil and in case you don’t know both of these are own by Marvel. Goddammit Marvel! Why do you have to make such awesome shows. I really want to give DC a chance, but they are seriously lagging behind in the content department. Anyways, if...

I Have Issues…

No really I do…

The main issue that I have is that my imagination appears to have ADD. No seriously, it does. Every time I sit down to work on eitherFrank TalesorSouls in the Dark my imagination goeshey I have this great idea! The worst part of it all is that nine times out of ten, it is a killer idea. So naturally I have to try and develop it a little before it’s gone from my head. The next thing I know, it’s time to cook dinner and I haven’t done anything that I set out to do. Bugger!

Some...

I’m still alive

Peeks carefully around the corner…Hey there. Sorry I’ve been so quiet lately. The end of the school year was completely crazy and I don’t think I have ever been so glad to be done with it. When I say this year has been crazy please believe me, I work in EC (special needs) so I know crazy. And please don’t think that I’m calling the kids crazy, I’m not, but I do have to put up with crazy situations.

We lost six, I repeat six, teachers this year. On top of that we lost eight teacher assistants....

End of year stress

It’s that time of the year again! It’s time for the lovely EOGs….please note my sarcasm. I always feel so bad for the kids who have to take these tests. I see so many of them get so stressed out that they make themselves sick. Then there are those who just don’t have anymore hope left so they don’t even try. I really wish we could get rid of these types of tests. They don’t really measure what the kids actually know. Sigh, but there’s nothing I can really do except help the kids as much as po...

My Students are Bullies

But not in that sense. When I published my first book, I brought it to school with me so I could show some of my friends there what it looked like. My students saw it and then proceed to bombard me with a thousand questions. They were a little upset when I told them they couldn’t read it because it was an adult book. So naturally, I promised them that I would try and do one later on. You’d think that would be the end of that but oh no! From the first day until now, those little buggers have n...

Inspiration

It’s kind of interesting when and where inspiration will strike. I have to carry a little note book where ever I go so that I won’t forget any of the ideas that pop into my head. So here’s the deal. I have been watching Bob Ross on youtube. I love to watch him work. Well after a video or two, I hop into the shower so I can get going on the day. While I’m in there a little bit of dialoguepops into my head. At first, I’m like where did this come from. By now, I’ve learned to roll with it. I lik...