Christine Smith

{Hello 2022} Finding Enjoyment in Every Moment

Post published:January 31, 2022
Post category:Encouragement Life
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Happy 2022, my friends! A shiny new year has dawned with infinite possibilities and grand adventures ahead. I have officially returned from my long hiatus recharged, full of ideas, and so very happy to be back in the blogosphere with all of you. Breaks are most fabulous things, but how I miss the world of blogging when I’m gone. It was, indeed, a beneficial break though. After a happy Christmas break spent with family and a January of plotting out the year and digging into some exciting projects, I am feeling so very energized and truly ecstatic to tackle All…

2021 In Review // Looking Back At The Year + Hiatus Notice

Post published:December 13, 2021
Post category:Life
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Somehow we have made it through yet another year! In a mere few weeks we'll be saying goodbye to 2021 and looking to all the possibilities of 2022. But before diving into all the newness, I want to take a moment to reflect. I'm pretty sure I claim this every year, but I mean it when I say this was the fastest year ever. January happened and then I blinked and here is December and I'm scrambling around looking for all the other months because where did they go??? It's like nothing happened this year, it whizzed by so fast.…

Know the Novel 2021: Part 3 // Finishing Night’s Shattered Stars

Post published:December 6, 2021
Post category:Writing
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Somehow NaNoWriMo 2021 has come and gone in a blazing flurry, which means it is time for me to spill all my (many) thoughts on NaNo and writing Night's Shattered Stars in general! Hopefully you guys aren't totally sick of hearing about this thing. *nervous laughter* Rest assured, this will be my last post rambling about this NaNo! Today I'll be answering the questions of my Know the Novel: Part 3 tag to show you just how insane I am give you an inside look at all my thoughts about writing this chaotic thing that claims to be a novel!…

Know the Novel – Part Three: Words Written // A Writer’s Linkup

Post published:December 3, 2021
Post category:Writing
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IT. IS. DECEMBER! With laptops, pens, and coffee cups in hand, we have survived the insanity of NaNoWriMo! And now it is time to share how the mad month of writing transpired. Yes indeed, today I bring you the third and final part of Know the Novel! I hope you've all been able to take a nice deep breath now that December is here. NaNoWriMo or just writing a novel any time can be intense and exhausting. In fact, it pretty much always is. But when there is a story inside us, it is always worth the long, tiring, stressful…

NaNoWriMo 2021: Week Four

Post published:December 1, 2021
Post category:Writing
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HAPPY DECEMBER AND END OF NANOWRIMO!!!! We did it, guys! We survived November!!! (Or did we? I may very well be a ghost writing this...) You may have noticed it is, in fact, not Monday and this post is two days late. I last minute decided to wait to post this today so I could properly log ALL of NaNo and not leave those last two days just dangling there. Gotta keep it organized, ya know. (I may have also not been aware of what day of the week it was all week as I wandered in a mad NaNo…

Know the Novel 2021: Part 2 // Writing Night’s Shattered Stars

Post published:November 22, 2021
Post category:Writing
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Um. UM. We are now entering THE FINAL WEEK OF NANOWRIMO 2021! I don't know if this NaNo has blazed by or if a time ever existed before NaNo. YA KNOW. NaNo is always timey-wimey like that. But I am definitely stunned we've just got one full week left! Like. The final month of 2021 is a mere week away? I can't even. For this week's post, I am diverting from my daily logs to join up with my Know the Novel tag instead. But don't worry, I shall be sharing quite a bit of what's been going down this…

NaNoWriMo 2021: Week Two

Post published:November 15, 2021
Post category:Writing
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Guy. GUYS. We have literally finished the whole first half of NaNoWriMo! Despite doing NaNo for years, it never, ever fails to shock me how fast it blazes by. I'm a little stunned the whole first half is just...done??? Where did it gooo? (Oh right, it passed me by while I was cackling madly at my computer screen for two weeks straight. AHEM.) But being as somehow we have ended yet another week, 'tis time for me to subject you all to yet another round of Christine's NaNo Rambles and Nonsense! WHOOOO!!! NANO '21 WEEK TWO MONDAY: DAY #8 Mondays…

NaNoWriMo 2021: Week One

Post published:November 8, 2021
Post category:Writing
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And just like that week #1 of NaNoWriMo 2021 is DONE! I am a little (and by a "little" I mean COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY) in shock that we are already an entire week into NaNo and only have 3 weeks left to go. But words are being written, guys! I have no idea if they're coherent words on my part (I highly doubt it, in fact), but they're still WORDS. And it is a most fabulous feeling. Per the usual, I shall be doing weekly updates with a day-by-day look at my NaNo. And can we just talk about how…

Know the Novel – Part Two: Within the WIP // A Writer’s Linkup

Post published:November 1, 2021
Post category:Writing
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HAPPY NOVEMBER!!! NaNoWriMo is HERE. And that of course means Know the Novel Part 2 has also arrived! I seriously cannot believe we have officially made it to NaNo. Last month was full of prep and anticipation (and maybe some panic and a good existential crisis or two) and here we are at last able to spew those words that have been building up onto the page! It's time to create some magic. If you missed it, last month I opened up Know the Novel, my 3-part linkup series for writers. And ooooh my goodness, did it bring me such…

Know the Novel 2021: Part 1 // Introducing Night’s Shattered Stars

Post published:October 25, 2021
Post category:Writing
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ONE WEEK, GUYS. Just one more week and then it's NaNoWriMo time!!! But before we dive into the month-long writing insanity, I want to actually, you know, introduce you to my NaNo 2021 novel! This will be my twelfth NaNoWriMo and just...my mind can hardly comprehend that fact. I have grown and learned more than I could probably ever fit into a single blog post over the course of my eleven NaNos. It's been such a vital tool in my writing journey. I will never forget the magic and wild rush of that first NaNo and how it propelled me…