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2021: Making Waves In Publishing
Note: Not my graphic. I found it online. Last year, I realized that publishing my writing was important for me. This year, I realized...
Christina Vourcos
Dec 30, 20213 min read
Camp NaNoWriMo July 2021: TV Writing Style
My Camp NaNoWriMo Selfie beside a photo of Jamie Nash’s ebook on my iPad. I’ve been spending Camp NaNoWriMo writing and revising my...
Christina Vourcos
Jul 31, 20215 min read
Mental Health Matters, Especially For Educators and Writers
Image credit: Canva.com As Mental Health Month wraps, I feel like it’s a good time to discuss how much we need to focus on mental health...
Christina Vourcos
May 29, 20215 min read
30 Poems, 30 Days 2021: Directions (Day 30)
Photos of New York City & Corpus Christi by Christy V. I’ve gone the four cardinal directions: North, South, East, and West. I’ve gone...
Christina Vourcos
Apr 30, 20212 min read
30 Poems, 30 Days 2021: Checkmate (Day 20)
Image Credit: Canva.com When we start the game, the situation is set: two players Ready player one, where do you want to go? King’s pawn?...
Christina Vourcos
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Another Chapter, Lessons Continued
Photo from Canva.com Missed me? It’s been awhile since I’ve written here. I’ve been struggling with my health since last year, and it has...
Christina Vourcos
Feb 21, 20213 min read
A Story For You: Writing Gifts
Photo / Drawing by Christy V. Mary Shelley wrote her novel Frankenstein because of a ghost-story competition within a literary group. In...
Christina Vourcos
Jun 19, 20202 min read
Moving Forward With Writing
Credit: Canva.com Two rejections of my novel, and I’m moving forward. I know my novel is worth publishing. I’ve always known the power of...
Christina Vourcos
Jun 6, 20202 min read
The Path of Passion
Credit: Canva.com One of Meg Cabot’s characters advised in her latest book, ‘No Judgments’: “Find what it is you love to do, and then do...
Christina Vourcos
May 29, 20203 min read
30 Poems, 30 Days 2020: Buy a Flower (Day 8)
Credit: Canva.com (photo), poem line “borrowed” by Emily Dickinson “Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?” Right now we can not sell Maybe...
Christina Vourcos
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Keep Trying And Writing
Image from Canva.com No matter what you write, it can be tough to publish your work. Many focus on perseverance, never giving up when...
Christina Vourcos
Aug 2, 20193 min read
A Successful Camp NaNoWriMo 2019!
Image from CampNaNoWriMo.org This April and July sessions of Camp NaNoWriMo (plus the in between months) were really successful for me in...
Christina Vourcos
Jul 31, 20193 min read
The Power of Writing and Inspiration
“One thing I know: Words are powerful.” – Christina Farley, THE PRINCESS AND THE PAGE, 224 With each stroke of a pen, or key on the...
Christina Vourcos
May 2, 20175 min read
2017: Journey
Creative Journal Entry by Christy V. (aka me) Journey: a passage or progress from one stage to another. I decided to make this theme,...
Christina Vourcos
Jan 22, 20173 min read
Contemporary Dystopian
Dystopian – an imagined place where everything seems extremely unpleasant, or environmentally degraded. (photo by io9.com) I’ve read...
Christina Vourcos
Aug 19, 20164 min read
2016: Be More Open-Minded
Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald (Doctor Who, BBC America, Series 9) Open-minded (adjective): having or showing a mind receptive to new...
Christina Vourcos
Jan 15, 20165 min read
Tips on Drawing on Inspiration to Write
Hello! You’ve arrived at the next stop of the Brazen Blog Tour. I’m excited to celebrate the release of the final book in the GILDED...
Christina Vourcos
Oct 5, 20154 min read
All it takes is one person
Marvel’s Daredevil (Netflix) “It’s funny how your life can change/And turn around on a dime/Yeah it can take you down the darkest...
Christina Vourcos
May 30, 20153 min read
It’s All A Matter Of Perception
Eric McCormack who plays Dr. Daniel Pierce on Perception TNT It seems that I write blog posts as a way to deal when stories affect me a...
Christina Vourcos
Mar 19, 20156 min read
Revive Romance
Eoin Macken and Amy-Joyce Hastings in The Callback Queen, photo by Tim McDonnell Valentine’s Day is about to arrive. It’s the day about...
Christina Vourcos
Feb 11, 20153 min read
