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It’s Been a While

Posted on February 18, 2021 by rachelsparling

I know I haven’t updated in a quite a while, or been really present on word press. I do apologize for my absence. The pandemic has risen stress and anxiety levels and it’s taken a quite a toll on everyone. … Continue reading →

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Rough Draft Officially Revised

Posted on May 6, 2020 by rachelsparling

It’s official! I have completely finished revising my rough draft! I am going to give myself the rest of the week off, and then start making the corrections on the digital copy starting Monday. I’m hoping to get through it … Continue reading →

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Part one, Part two, Part three

Posted on April 8, 2020 by rachelsparling

I have officially finished editing part 2. Part one and part two are good to go, and now the final part is ready to be started. It is going to be a lot of work getting this done on the … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo day 13

Posted on November 13, 2019 by rachelsparling

We are officially thirteen days in, and nearly half way through the month! How is everyone doing so far? Are you starting to feel burned out, or losing motivation? It’s a long haul, I know. I have friends who won’t … Continue reading →

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A Hiatus

Posted on September 3, 2019 by rachelsparling

I had really no intention of disappearing from wordpress and writing blogs for so long. I’m sorry for this unplanned hiatus. I have still been writing, working through projects slowly. I’m still editing the three part manuscript which is over … Continue reading →

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The Changing Tides

Posted on June 21, 2018 by rachelsparling

A lot has happened in the past several months, and I have returned back home to a dark time in political history for Canada. I can’t say that it’s the darkest, by any means Canada has certainly outdone itself in … Continue reading →

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Which Battles Do We Choose?

Posted on January 5, 2018 by rachelsparling

How do we rationalize what is worth fighting for when it comes to a job? How do we rationalize the difference between emotional needs and professional needs? Are they the same? Do we need emotional fulfillment at the same time … Continue reading →

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Writing, writing…

Posted on October 26, 2016 by rachelsparling

All right, so I’ve officially installed Scrivener and transferred over the files from one computer to the other. I can now write on the new one. So I’ve got it all set up, all that’s left…well is to write. I … Continue reading →

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Back to the story

Posted on February 14, 2016 by rachelsparling

As it stands, I haven’t updated in three months. Perhaps a bit longer, perhaps a bit shorter, either way it’s been about three months since I posted. I started a new job shortly after finishing Nanowrimo and admittedly it has … Continue reading →

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50,000 WORDS!

Posted on November 24, 2015 by rachelsparling

Okay so I actually wrote just over 50,000 words, but either way I reached the 50,000 word goal! I finished a few days early too! I still have a substantial amount left of the rough draft of the novel to … Continue reading →

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