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The 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. Tota
May 24, 20243 min read
 
 
October: 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. Tota
Nov 7, 20235 min read
 
 
Not Yet Over the Finish Line: September's Theme
Hello! 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. Tota
Sep 30, 20233 min read
 
 


Pitch Contests and New WIPs: A Theme for August
Every 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. Tota
Aug 18, 20235 min read
 
 


Small Victories + Baby's First Twitter Pitch Contest
Obligatory 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. Tota
Jan 25, 20235 min read
 
 


The Power of Narrators: A Literal Perspective Shift
Hey 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. Tota
Jan 9, 20235 min read
 
 


Anatomy of a Scene: That Sapphic Swordfight
First 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. Tota
Jan 2, 20239 min read
 
 


My 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. Tota
Nov 28, 20224 min read
 
 


Practicing Radical Self Love as a Writer
It's a beautifully chilly Tuesday in October, the absolute perfect weather for someone who loves fall, and I'm sitting here at my desk...

Nicole M. Tota
Oct 18, 20224 min read
 
 
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