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Friday, 31 October 2014
Thursday, 30 October 2014
NaNoWriMo
What is NaNoWriMo?
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.
I don't know if this is in my favour or not, but I basically decided at the last minute to do NaNoWriMo. I know for a fact that I won't succeed, but as the saying goes, at least I'll give it a try.
I've always wanted to write a book, it's been one of my passions since I could remember. So when I heard about this concept to get you motivated (which I struggle with), I thought it was a brilliant idea to finally get started on my dream.
Of course I'm no expert, that much is clear, so it will all depend on how I feel if it's any good to put it up on Wattpad.
Also, I'm thinking about updating on here every day to see how my progress is going....hopefully I'll do good.
Wish me luck :)
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.
I don't know if this is in my favour or not, but I basically decided at the last minute to do NaNoWriMo. I know for a fact that I won't succeed, but as the saying goes, at least I'll give it a try.
I've always wanted to write a book, it's been one of my passions since I could remember. So when I heard about this concept to get you motivated (which I struggle with), I thought it was a brilliant idea to finally get started on my dream.
Of course I'm no expert, that much is clear, so it will all depend on how I feel if it's any good to put it up on Wattpad.
Also, I'm thinking about updating on here every day to see how my progress is going....hopefully I'll do good.
Wish me luck :)
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Tea Tuesday: Dealing With Negativity
Hi guys and welcome to my first Tea Tuesday.
If you are wondering what I'm talking about, well it's simple, every Tuesday while drinking tea I will be discussing topics that interest me. Basically me giving my opinions and hopefully someone out there agrees with me.
I wrote a few suggestions and put them in a jar, so these topics will be chosen by random. Okay I should say right now, they probably wont always be chosen randomly. Some days I'll see something on the news or a person talking about something that interests me, and I probably won't be able to help myself.
Disclaimer: ALL opinions are my own.
Today I will be talking about something that probably everyone goes through:
Negativity is everywhere unfortunately. It's at school, work, with family, friends, even on the Internet. Basically anyone can be negative.
Now this doesn't mean you should lock up your doors and stay at home. Why should you hide yourself when they are the negative ones?
I remember my mother always told me when I was being bullied just to ignore it. Of course when I was younger I didn't take my mothers advice, I took everything to heart and basically blamed myself. Yeah I know, stupid.
It wasn't until I was 27 that I realised that my mother gave the best advice.
One day I decided that I need to get rid of all the negativity in my life, (this does not mean that I've killed anyone!!). After all these years I've come to the realisation that this is my life that I'm living and I don't need people being rude to me and affecting it.
Get rid of the negative to make room for the positive.
Trust me I know it's not as easy as that, with the help of a good friend and my family, I've become this stronger person.
In my experience, getting rid of all that bad negativity that was surrounding me and opening up to the joys of the world, has made me see life in a new light.
I can finally be myself and not worry what other people are thinking of me. Do you know how rewarding that is? I can also express the things that make me happy openly without getting judged, because basically, I don't care.
Of course we don't want to end up alone, so we end up going through all this pain. I thought this for a very long time, but I decided I rather be friendless then be friends with people like that. That might be sad for most people, but for me it felt exhilarating. It opened me up and in the end I found my best friend who happened to have the exact same interests as me.
I came up with a saying that I think about every time someone says something rude and inappropriate:
This is a short Tea Tuesday, I can touch on this subject on a later date. Or if you want to talk to me about it, just message me in the comments below. I think the best way with dealing with sad moments is to talk about it.
I am now living a life that I want to live, even if it took me a long time.
Better late than never.
If you are wondering what I'm talking about, well it's simple, every Tuesday while drinking tea I will be discussing topics that interest me. Basically me giving my opinions and hopefully someone out there agrees with me.
I wrote a few suggestions and put them in a jar, so these topics will be chosen by random. Okay I should say right now, they probably wont always be chosen randomly. Some days I'll see something on the news or a person talking about something that interests me, and I probably won't be able to help myself.
Disclaimer: ALL opinions are my own.
Today I will be talking about something that probably everyone goes through:
Negativity is everywhere unfortunately. It's at school, work, with family, friends, even on the Internet. Basically anyone can be negative.
Now this doesn't mean you should lock up your doors and stay at home. Why should you hide yourself when they are the negative ones?
I remember my mother always told me when I was being bullied just to ignore it. Of course when I was younger I didn't take my mothers advice, I took everything to heart and basically blamed myself. Yeah I know, stupid.
It wasn't until I was 27 that I realised that my mother gave the best advice.
One day I decided that I need to get rid of all the negativity in my life, (this does not mean that I've killed anyone!!). After all these years I've come to the realisation that this is my life that I'm living and I don't need people being rude to me and affecting it.
Get rid of the negative to make room for the positive.
Trust me I know it's not as easy as that, with the help of a good friend and my family, I've become this stronger person.
In my experience, getting rid of all that bad negativity that was surrounding me and opening up to the joys of the world, has made me see life in a new light.
I can finally be myself and not worry what other people are thinking of me. Do you know how rewarding that is? I can also express the things that make me happy openly without getting judged, because basically, I don't care.
Of course we don't want to end up alone, so we end up going through all this pain. I thought this for a very long time, but I decided I rather be friendless then be friends with people like that. That might be sad for most people, but for me it felt exhilarating. It opened me up and in the end I found my best friend who happened to have the exact same interests as me.
I came up with a saying that I think about every time someone says something rude and inappropriate:
This is a short Tea Tuesday, I can touch on this subject on a later date. Or if you want to talk to me about it, just message me in the comments below. I think the best way with dealing with sad moments is to talk about it.
I am now living a life that I want to live, even if it took me a long time.
Better late than never.
Monday, 27 October 2014
10 Facts About Me
Hi guys,
So I thought I'll give you a few details about myself.
To be honest, when I was writing this list I could of easily given you more than ten facts. Then I realised if you do want to know more about me, then stay tuned for my Tea Tuesdays where I discuss anything and everything. Basically me giving you my opinions on stuff.
So I thought I'll give you a few details about myself.
To be honest, when I was writing this list I could of easily given you more than ten facts. Then I realised if you do want to know more about me, then stay tuned for my Tea Tuesdays where I discuss anything and everything. Basically me giving you my opinions on stuff.
10 Facts About Me
1.
I'm 28 years old
2.
I have a 3 year old son
3.
Born, raised and live in Western Australia
(I love it here too much to leave)
4.
My family is originally from Italy
5.
Reading is my addiction
6.
Game of Thrones/A Song Of Ice And Fire is also my addiction
(both TV show and books)
7.
I'm studying to be a Wiccan
8.
I'm a tea drinker
9.
I watch too much YouTube
10.
I could eat pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner
I hope that gave you a few details about me. If you also share any of those facts with me let me know in the comments below,or if you want to just talk about any of them. (That just proved I watch too much YouTube).
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Blog Layout
I decided to have a bit of a plan for this blog, instead of just posting whenever something comes to mind. That way I can stick to a schedule, which to me is very important.
Now this might not be what will happen forever, but it's a start.
I will be posting on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Mondays will be random stuff, weekly favourites, tags, things like that.
Tuesdays will be called, "Tea Tuesday" or "TT" for short.
It's basically me discussing certain topics that I'm either thinking about or certain things that is happining in the world. Why "Tea Tuesday", well it's because while I'm writing the posts I'll be drinking tea. I know, it sounds strange, but it made complete sense in my head (like most things).
Thursdays will be Book, TV Show and Movie reviews.
Now you know the days, you will now be expecting blog posts on those days. And yes I know it's Tuesday today, but I thought I'll start the schedule on Thursday.
Now this might not be what will happen forever, but it's a start.
I will be posting on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Mondays will be random stuff, weekly favourites, tags, things like that.
Thursdays will be Book, TV Show and Movie reviews.
Now you know the days, you will now be expecting blog posts on those days. And yes I know it's Tuesday today, but I thought I'll start the schedule on Thursday.
Welcome!
I'm not very good at introductions, but here we go....
My name is Catherine and I've decided to start this blog. I wanted a place where I can voice my opinions and just be able to write whatever I want.
To be honest I'm not sure what I will be talking about, I'm guessing it will be anything and everything that pops in my mind.
Some of you, probably most, would know that I have another blog page all about reviewing books and just basically books in general (Bella Luna Reviews).
I thought about doing a blog like this with my existing one, but it needed to be fresh and new. No doubt I will talk about books in this one too, it's an obsession that I'm not giving up.
Like I said, I'm terrible at introductions, but I hope what I said kind of explains everything.
Can't wait to officially start....
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