You Never Plan For This

2017-04-13 Miss Poison Writing Being Sick, Honesty, Musings, My Brother, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Sadness, Stress, Writing

There's nothing more unpretty than me when I'm sick. I don't just mean looks-wise, I mean in the miserable troll sense. I'm a terrifying, sleeping dragon on a good day, but when I'm sick I'm the three-headed dog from Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone. I take a lot of precautions to avoid getting sick. … Continue reading You Never Plan For This

Full Pink Moon In Libra

2017-04-112017-04-12 Miss Poison April, Full Moon, Full Pink Moon, Full Pink Moon In Libra, Wicca, Writing April, Full Moon, Full Pink Moon In Libra, Libra, Pink Moon, Spring, Wicca, Writing

Tonight is the Full Pink Moon. The Moon won't actually be the color pink, the name comes from the herb, moss pink, or wild ground phlox which are bright pink in color, it is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month’s Moon are Seed, Wind, Sprouting Grass, Egg, … Continue reading Full Pink Moon In Libra

Genuinely Touched

2017-04-112017-04-12 Miss Poison Self-Care, Writing Compassion, Kindness, Sick, Thoughtfulness, Writing

Waking up this morning was rough. I'm functioning on about four hours of sleep, and today was one of those days where I truly had to force myself to go to Urgent Care. You know you feel awful when you actually want to go. I've been sick for weeks now, maybe even a month. I … Continue reading Genuinely Touched

Letting It Pass

2017-04-10 Miss Poison Writing Acceptance, Belonging, Feelings, Focus, Health, Honesty, Judaism, Life, Musings, Observations, Passover, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Thoughts, Writing

People make an awful lot of assumptions when you keep the majority of your thoughts private. They desperately try to read your body language and facial expressions, but they don’t know what any of them mean, so again, they make assumptions. I’m not the kind of person anyone should be making assumptions about. I have … Continue reading Letting It Pass

Doubting Myself

2017-04-092017-04-09 Miss Poison Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Reading, Writing Direction, Doubts, Fibromyalgia, Honesty, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Reading, Telling The Story, Writing

All writers have moments when they feel unprepared. Me? On occasion I will say “I wish I were talented.” or “I can’t write this.” In other words, even the best of us have bad days. Or weeks. We all have a little doubt, or we’d be completely full of crap. I hold it in really … Continue reading Doubting Myself

It’s Okay To Disagree With The Thoughts

Quote 2017-04-042017-04-04 Miss Poison Quotes Ashly Lorenzana, Beliefs, Good Writing, Openminded, Opinions, People, Pride, Quotes, Respect, Talent, Thoughts, Writing

“It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing … Continue reading It’s Okay To Disagree With The Thoughts

“Who Are You?”

2017-04-04 Miss Poison Writing Beta Readers, Characters, Friends, Honesty, Manuscripts, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Reading, Writing

A few days ago a family member offered to read my new manuscript. It was a very "Alice In Wonderland" moment. I damn near said "Whooo Are YOU?" and everything, just like the caterpillar asks Alice. I turned my face to the right, in utter mortification. "I can be objective." was their argument. Um, I'd … Continue reading “Who Are You?”

Friday Night Rewrites

2017-03-31 Miss Poison Writing Exhaustion, Friday, Honesty, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Rewrites, Stress, Writing

I started rewrites on this novel late last night/very early this morning. I'm fifty pages in and I've never felt more like crying for a protagonist in my life. For the record; she's never made me feel like this before, so I feel protective and unsure. I thought a new introduction to the story would … Continue reading Friday Night Rewrites

Square One

2017-03-30 Miss Poison Writing Drafts, Frustration, Honesty, Manuscripts, Musings, Poison In Lethal Doses, Rewrites, Stress, Telling Your Story, Writing

Square One What happens when you’ve written multiple drafts of the same novel, in a month, and you find yourself liking both versions that are relatively complete? I suspect this doesn’t happen to a lot of people, but it has happened to me. After staring at each of them on and off for a full … Continue reading Square One

Page After Page

2017-03-27 Miss Poison Musings, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Authenticity, Characters, Direction, Honesty, March, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Reading, Writing

In less than a month, I've written over 220,000 words. Does that sound like a lot? It is. To do it in such a short period of time is a testament to me pushing myself to write every single day, and not to give up when I've felt stuck. Even if I only managed one … Continue reading Page After Page