I’m away for two weeks doing some of the ‘in the field’ work required for my veterinary degree, and by ‘in the field’ I usually mean ‘in the field trying to catch a cow’.

So, there will probbaly be no internet for me for 2 weeks. That means I’ll just have to spend all my free time for 2 weeks writing and editing, which means progress should be made.

But it also means no posts for you for two weeks. And I won’t be dropping Entrecards. And I won’t be reading your comments for a while either. I appologise, but work comes before play.

Writers Block happens.

Sometimes you get stuck on the plot, or can’t figure out how your carefully crafted characters would behave, or are just in a rut and can’t get out of it. You need something to kick your lazy fingers back into action and put words on the screen!

Here’s what you do. You open a word document. You meditate on your main characters for a few minutes and then… you turn on the radio.

Listen. There will be a song. Let it inspire you, and write.

Keep writing for as long as the song lasts, then write for the next one. Aim to get at least 50 words per song. You don’t have to write a novel in order, you’re trying to write powerful moments of a story, they don’ts have to be in order. They don’t even have to be used in the final draft, then just have to inspire you. (You will be forgiven if you are uninspired by rap songs or advertisements)

You can keep these written ‘moments’ at hand to insert into your story when the right moment comes. They give you points to sort of aim for in your plot whilst you write to fil the gaps, as it were. Just write! Read the rest of this entry »

The only Etsy artist I have bouht something from to date is having a giveaway contest. Just in time for Christmas! Beatblack sells unique organ-themed jewelry that appeals to the dark souls out there, and the medically minded like myself.

I have already purchased a set of kidneys, a brain and an eyeball, all on separate necklaces to wear around uni. Now there is an intestines necklace in the shop, and I’m patiently waiting for the day she makes another almost-anatomically-correct heart necklace.

You can find the contest here, and it runs until the 21st of November.