Tag: WIP
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July 2025
The past two months were not the most eventful, but I think a reset was needed. In June, I decided to buy a new writing program called Scrivener. Based on what I’ve learned so far, this seems like a good program to have. I purchased the program to start writing new projects in it and…
Jade McStar
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May 2025
At the beginning of the month, I injured myself at work. I cut my knuckle open while cleaning up for the night on a close shift. For the first half of the month, not much story progress or edits were made due to it. Thankfully, it happened while I was at work, so no one…
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April 2025
This month went by fast, but it certainly kept me busy. My normal routine of work and writing schedule has been a fun balancing act. I have accomplished a lot in the time I had. This month, eight more chapters of Mielea’s Lost have been edited. Next month, I will be done editing the third…
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February/March 2025
After coming back from vacation, I decided to save the update post for this month. Significant progress has been made in my current WIPS. While away from my normal creative workspace, another idea came to mind for a story. I wrote down as much as possible. It now sits in the never-ending queue of WIPs.…
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January 2025
The first month of the new year went by fast. At the beginning of the month, I had a cold, so that set me back in editing. Significant progress was made despite this. A total of six chapters were edited this month. It was more than I thought it was going to be. There were…
Jade McStar
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2024 Reflection/2025 Goals
In 2024, I set ambitious goals for myself. It was before I knew some life changes were going to be heading my way. I decided I had enough of my living situation and sincerely felt like I was getting nowhere. I was thankful to be able to move out and quite lucky to find a…
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November Update
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! For most of this month, I have been rereading Mielea’s Lost to get into the headspace of editing again. As I go, I’m finding more small edits. Another 200 words have been cut as I have been reading. If I can continue the headspace of editing, I should be able to reach…
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October Update
Happy Halloween everyone! Not much has happened on the creative front for me these past two months. Work has been wiping me out. Motivation to write or edit anything most days doesn’t come easy. That being said, I want to have the third draft edits to Mielea’s Lost done by the end of the year.…
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Archive: Newsletters (2023)
This is a post summarizing past newsletters from my old blog. 2023 year goals Give Sci-Fi Book a title Finish second draft and move to the third Continue blogging Start Second book of Sci-Fi series. January 2023 Finished Draft 2 of Sci-Fi Novel Started book two of the series (notes and snippets) Continued Digitizing more…
Jade McStar
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Achieve: Newsletters (2024)
This is a post summarizing past newsletters from my old blog. Main writing goals for 2024 Complete Mielea’s Lost’s 3rd draft and sent it to an editor by the end of the year. Get Book 2 draft completed Blog more often/ Book blog reviews Make more progress on other projects Better time management Bonus Goals…
Jade McStar
