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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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