Nicole M. TotaMay 243 min readStorytimeThe Past Six+ Months: Overcommitment Central!!Hey hey!! I've returned from...wherever I was? Honestly, I feel like I blinked and it was May, and the last time I've been on here was...
Nicole M. TotaNov 7, 20235 min readStorytimeOctober: Into the Trenches!Hey all! I had this as a calendar event since mid-October and then exciting writerly things started to happen, and my health took a...
Nicole M. TotaSep 30, 20233 min readMental HealthNot Yet Over the Finish Line: September's ThemeHello! I'm going to probably make this short and sweet this month because honestly? I've been doing a lot of things, but most of them...
Nicole M. TotaAug 18, 20235 min readStorytimePitch Contests and New WIPs: A Theme for AugustEvery time I write one of these, I say I've returned from the dead. But I usually don't mean dead dead. Like, there's typically some...
Nicole M. TotaJan 25, 20235 min readMental HealthSmall Victories + Baby's First Twitter Pitch ContestObligatory weekly blog post is not nearly so "obligatory" this week, because I did a thing, and I didn't expect to do the thing, but...
Nicole M. TotaJan 9, 20235 min readMental HealthThe Power of Narrators: A Literal Perspective ShiftHey hey, it's me again. So, I was hoping to enter into my "unbothered, moisturized, flourishing" era, but instead I think I'm entering my...
Nicole M. TotaJan 2, 20239 min readOld ExcerptsAnatomy of a Scene: That Sapphic SwordfightFirst post of 2023, here we come...and brief life check in. I didn't stay up to greet 2023, mainly because part of my burnout is related...
Nicole M. TotaNov 28, 20224 min readMental HealthMy Hamster Wheel (Notes on Getting Back on Track)Alright, y'all. Real talk here: I have been on the struggle bus. I've been having difficulty balancing my mental health with my...
Nicole M. TotaOct 18, 20224 min readMental HealthPracticing Radical Self Love as a WriterIt's a beautifully chilly Tuesday in October, the absolute perfect weather for someone who loves fall, and I'm sitting here at my desk...