Hey hey hey. Very much my apologies for being late on this. I guess a part of me wasn't sure of what to write! It really feels like my life has kind of turned into a cycle of sleep, eat, work, eat, 3 hours of some kind of free time and then sleep again. It feels like time has gotten a bit muddled because I could've sworn it was just November not even last week.
But even if my life is quite boring, I did promise to do a blog thingy just for people to read if it's within their interest.
The two stories I'm hung up on is the horse patreon story, and a commission I've yet to unfortunately finish. I'm on a bit of an upwind as of now so I hope February will be my month where I can tackle on some things that have been really holding me down. Mostly energy levels, my normal job being too demanding yet never paying enough to make me feel comfortable to take breaks. It's fairly depressing and to be honest there needs to be more positivity in the world right now, and I'd like to think my stories can make people's lives 0.01% better, which is a positive in my book.
BUT, the work has stagnated, especially since this weekend I'll have to work on TWO different writing competitions I joined.
I actually was able to win the first round in one of them! I'm really proud because it's the more serious competition in my opinion and in my group of 41 other writers, no doubt as talented, I got first place!!! It's really one of those moments where you might feel stupid in doubting yourself. Those thoughts that say "maybe I'm not this, maybe I'm not a writer, or an artist." It's a thing so many people have to deal with, and I've learned and unlearned the lesson it feels like so many times.
But, yeah I think last month's blog is big enough. I hope I didn't ramble that much! And I hope all of you are keeping warm, and keeping safe. Outside is way too cold, and the amount of ICE on the road is deplorable. Should really be cleaned up by now but... maybe we'll see something coming into the springtime.