Jilly S. Riser

I made it through the day! And I wrote a huge 6k in words! This is AMAZING and I'm hoping to keep this flow going so I can finish my project for my client next week. Then it's time to channel all of this energy back to my own projects! It's a balancing act, but I've found that I do best when I do one project a day rather than try to squeeze in a little bit of multiple things.

I did get more details from my brain on my new project. I got character names, roles, and personalities! Very exciting and I might have to write my intro for it up quick before moving on. We'll see!

Currently...
Playing: "Breath of the Wild". "Sea of Stars", streaming on Twitch. "Cafe Enchante".
Reading: "Dragon Prince" ebook. "River of Blue Fire" audio. "Stargazy Pie" ebook. "Unhoneymooners" audio. "Star Bringer" print.
Watching: "Stranger Things" season 4. "Barry" season 1.

I'm finally at a point where I feel like writing again, for real. As long as I can stay healthy, this is going to happen during the week. Pretty sure I'm feeling healthy! My energy is fully back from being ill, and I feel like I've got my life prioritized in a way that is satisfying.

Last night at church, a guest speaker said something along the lines of "You can't be fully whole until you are fully yourself and who God made YOU to be" and that really struck a chord with me. I'm pretty good at people pleasing. I don't like to cause waves. Most of the time this works out okay, but sometimes by doing this I am not true to myself and it always hurts me in a big way. A big way that I brush under the rug and ignore until it's too big of a pile.

My goal is to be more of my authentic self, and to be more honest. That is just part one of what I'm energized about.

Part two is the last night I had a dream about my project. In it, I had a reworking of a number of ideas. These were exciting ideas, but they are definitely going to require an overhaul of my current book. However, I'm ready to do the work! I will probably write multiple versions of my book to see which one I like better, and while this is more work for me, the rewards are definitely going to be worth it.


Currently...
Playing: "Hades", streaming on Twitch. "Horizon: Forbidden West", also streaming. "Harvestella", ch 3. "Legend of Dragoon", ch 1, also streaming.
Reading: "Virgins", ebook. "Our Share of Night", print.
Watching: "Stranger Things" season 2.