the creative musings of author and voiceover artist veronica giguere
Math says that it’s been three months and twenty-four days since the last post over here. Did I do that on purpose? Maybe, but a new post is long overdue. Lots of things have happened. Those who keep up with me via Facebook or Twitter have seen events unfold over the past four months with […]
688 days. After I finish this entry, I’ll have put down over 510,000 words over the span of those days. Some have gone to first drafts, others to second or sixth drafts. Some have gone to the stories for the last of the Secret World Chronicle books. Some have gone to outlines and character studies […]
One of the biggest truths for my students to swallow is that I fake extroversion on a daily basis. The energetic instructor with a touch of geek-snark and a willingness to use a viral video to make a point would be just as comfortable sitting at a table in the campus cafe with her coffee, […]
And so, December has arrived. Two more weeks of the semester until Fall 2014 comes to a close, and I can begin looking at the Spring semester and all it will hold. As I type this, it is twenty-four days until Christmas, which means that it will be about twenty-two days until I get to […]
Every time I think I’ve told all of the people with faces about my pursuit of a doctoral degree and my yearlong woes of deferring my comprehensive exams in light of dayjob obligations, someone appears surprised that I’ve scheduled exams for this January. A few inquiries for long-term projects have received answers that recording new […]
It would appear that the last “public” post I made on the blog happened in the middle of October. According to all of the calendars at my disposal, we’re nearly a third of the way into November, and lots of things have happened since that last post. While some challenges have come up, most things […]
I’m overdue for an update over on the Magic Spreadsheet. It’s not that I haven’t been writing; far from it, as I’ve made time each day to work on a story outline or put down more words for the early draft of book five for Secret World Chronicle. At the moment, I have no less […]
With October starting up and another cycle of projects in the mix, I figured it was time for an update of sorts with respect to creative projects and academia. If anything, it keeps me honest and provides a point of reference for people who wonder if I really am *that* busy (and why I can’t […]
Some people do introduction posts on their blogs, while others do project updates for their various creative endeavors. Since I teach time management as part of my dayjob and write about how to balance different roles and projects, it’s time for me to do something a little different. I’ve had some folks over on Facebook […]
Keeping things professional is a priority for any person who wants to be successful in the independent creative sphere. When it comes to authors and narrators, this comes up time and again. Doing a long-term project such as a book series or a multi-season podcast requires professional interaction with readers/listeners, but it’s a challenge when […]