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Melody Personette

Author of YA Contemporary Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Happy Wednesday! ✨ So, I’ve been feeling super overwhelmed this month. I have 2 large papers due at the beginning of December, plus work for my other class. I also really, really want to win Nanowrimo this year. I really want to reach 50K in St. Croix 3. I’ve also set myself the task of revising Cursed this month too... plus, you know, life stuff, and keeping my blog and newsletter updated. It’s all accumulated into one big stressed out mess and a rise in my anxiety. And I realized I needed to chill. Over the past few days I stepped back and reprioritized things. I feel a little better tonight now that I’ve come to a decision. Focus on St. Croix 3 for the remainder of this month and then revise Cursed in December. I’m easing up on the ridiculous pressure I’ve put on myself. Sometimes it’s better to take thing slow or to take a step back to figure out how to move forward. ✨ #saraellamermaid Challenge Day 21: unhappy ending. The Wicked King certainly did not have the happiest of endings haha The Queen of Nothing is coming on Friday and I can’t wait to see what kind of ending that one has! ✨ #nanoornot19 Day 21: musical inspiration. Right now, twenty one pilots and the new Switchfoot album Native Tongue has been playing on repeat for me. The Native Tongue album has been my main musical encouragement this month. ✨ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookobsessed #booksofinstagram #bookshelf #shelfie #readergram #writergram #writersofinstagram #writerly #writings #amwriting #writerproblems #writingcommunity #thewickedking #nanowrimo2019 #writersofig #authorlife #authorgram
“I will write what I love, and what I long for, in the hopes that for someone, it might be not only a way out, but a way in. In short, I will write in the hopes of writing someone else a door.” -Victoria Schwab ✨ #saraellamermaid challenge Day 19: I don’t know if this is all my time favorite writing quote. Honestly I don’t think I have one... When I get the question what’s your favorite writing quote, there’s never one off the top of my head. But this one (and most everything else Victoria Schwab says in concern to writing) is super inspirational and encouraging. This quote was from her 2018 J.R.R. Tolkien lecture on Fantasy Literature. It was absolutely amazing and so inspiring to listen to! ✨ #nanoornot19 Day is 19: Books that inspire you. There are so. Many! But a very few are the entire Keeper of the Lost Cities series. All 8 of them. Reading anything by Shannon Messenger is inspiring. Also, pretty much everything Victoria Schwab has written that I’ve read is super inspiring too, especially Vicious. That’s just like a work of art right there. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (and anything else Holly Black writes) has been a huge inspiration to me too. And of course, the book that I will never forget reading and that I think is absolutely beautifully written and amazing is Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. ✨ I really needed these two prompts today... I’ve been feeling pretty discouraged when it comes to my writing this evening, so to find an encouraging quote and list off inspiring books was actually really nice and needed. ✨ #bookishlove #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookworm #booksofinstagram #readergram #readerlife #amreading #writerly #writings #writersofinstagram #writergram #amwriting #inspiring #inspirationalquotes #victoriaschwab #writerscommunity #thisisbookishcommunity #writersofig #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookobsessed
Happy Sunday! Today has been a pretty good day. I got to go for a walk with a good friend, get some writing done and watch some of Encore on Disney plus. I have a bit of a cold, it’s not too bad, but I tried to take it semi-easy today haha ✨ #nanoornot19 Day 17: Favorite genres. YA Paranormal romance for sure! YA fantasy and science fiction along with retellings. ✨ QOTD: What’s your favorite genre?? ✨ #saraellamermaid challenge Day 17: books and tea ✨ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookishlove #booksandtea #bookworm #booklover #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookobsessed #booksofinstagram #bookish #stcroixfalls1 #weaponicean #authorlife #authorgram #favoritegenre #sundayfunday
QOTD: Anyone else loving Disney plus?? ✨ When we got it I jokingly said it’s like Christmas and one of my little brothers said it’s better than Christmas! 😂 Really, I’m loving all the shows they have on there! The Mandalorian is amazing! I tried out their new High School Musical show and that is pretty funny, but I think my favorite so far is The Imagineering Story. It’s so amazing getting to see how Disney was built and how it got to where it’s at today. ✨ #nanoornot19 Day 16: Writing buddy shout-out. Thanks @authorgabriellaslade for being so encouraging and for sharing a little bit of MOG with me and letting me critique it! I can’t wait to read the whole thing! 😍✨ #saraellamermaid challenge Day 16: journals and notebooks ✨ #notebook #journallove #disneyplus #waltdisney #quote #writerlife #journaling #journals #writergram #writingbuddy #writersofinstagram #writerly #writings #amwriting #journalandtea
Happy Thursday! ✨ So a quick update on Cursed. I decided this month has had way too much going on... My classwork has picked up a lot and between that and wanting to do nanowrimo amongst other things I decided I don’t think I’ll be able to get Cursed out by the end of the month. So, I decided to take it down from pre-order and push back the date to December just so I have the time to make sure it’s edited and everything. ✨ #saraellamermaid Challenge Day 14: Characters who overcome. The first person I thought of was Jude. She is definitely an overcomer! I can’t wait to see what happens in The Queen of Nothing! ✨ #nanoornot2019 Day 14: Word count check in. I just barely reached 23,500 today. I’m literally right on schedule and If I keep up like this I’ll be done by November 30th. I’ve always been a way faster writer during other nanowrimos so I’m a little disappointed that I’m going to slow this year but I can’t complain about reaching my word count goal almost every day. ✨ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookishlove #booklover #bookworm #booksofinstagram #thecruelprince #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #writergram #writersofinstagram #writerly #writings #writingcommunity #writerlife #authorlife #stcroixfalls2 #authorgram #authorsofig
QOTD: Are you a morning or night writer? ✨ #nanoornot19 Day 12: morning vs. night writing. If I don’t have any classwork to do or very little to do that day or that week then I would much prefer writing in the morning. I feel like most days I have my most productive energy in the mornings. But if I’ve had a busy day or have been doing a lot of classwork, then I usually try to get in some words in the evening. Very rarely do I write past 10 at night. ✨ My Instagram game has been off the past few weeks! I’ve been skipping so many days which is so not like me! Usually I’m on top of it but I guess November is shaping up to be a bit of a crazy month for me... Some days I just feel so overwhelmed with classwork and doing nanowrimo and revisions for Cursed. And then other days I forget to post and I get to the evening and just have zero energy to write anything on here. I’m going to try and do better at keeping on top of this since I’ve let my blog (and a few other things) fall to the way side. I do not want that to happen on here! ✨ #saraellamermaid challenge Day 12: Coral release day!! Happy release day to @saraellawrites !! 😁😁 ✨ #writergram #amwriting #writergram #writerly #writings #writerlife #writersofinstagram #writersofig #writingcommunity #authorlife #nanowrimo2019 #nanowrimoupdate #nightowl #earlybird #writersoninstagram
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