S. B. Unger

We all know that there are Intuitive writers and Plotter writers...well....for a long time I considered myself quite the intuitive writer, and would still say that I lean more towards that side of the spectrum.

There are many many many dare I say WAY too many marketing books out there in the world. The ones I have been reading lately have always been suggestions from other indie authors, but I find them to be lacking. Most of them not even worth the credit on audible as they can be less than 3 hours long.

The snow moon has some nice timing with Imbloc being the time between the winter and spring equinox(s) , the moon waxing into full during the rest of winter, landing on Imbloc as full, and waning as winter comes to a close for the season.

Every full moon, the moon song calls to the their beast and they change into their wolf. To hunt, and run and play and fight and explore all night long, just like their wild natural cousins.

Oh yeah, have I struggled with this before.

While I'm not trying to come across as 2026 is the year I change everything overnight, I have thought about how I want to go about this year as far as my writing career goes. At least for the first quarter of the year anyway....mostly...

Fox, resident chef and member of the Mississippi River Pack, shuts down his Mediterranean style restaurant, Ménta, for an entire week just to make food for the pack, and has way more food on the menu than I do.

So the monthly check in that I started in October and want to continue through the "ber - months." How are they going? Well, I have had three goals before the end of the year, and there is still some time (albeit not very much of it).

Week 4 of my write 10k words in a week challenge is next to non existent as I'm recovering from dental surgery that I had on Monday, after a very busy but very fun family event over the weekend. So why was my self induced challenge still a success for me?

It's finally starting to feel like autumn as it's 67 °F right now. But just because autumn is in St. Louis we can never be really sure if it's here to stay or if tomorrow summer will decide to join us again. Who knows next week it could be winter's time to visit. I have been getting better about having a routine that isn't really at risk of burning me out and still feel like I'm being kinda productive. 100% depends on the day of the week though, I have given Wednesdays to my

I am not in favor of someone generating AI and then claiming it's their own original work,

Pumpkin spice lattes, apples, wheat stalks, maple leaves, college football, bonfires, the lower frequency of crickets, and an all around more woodsy feel for me overall.

With the unintentional symbiotical I took over the summer to look for a new full time job and focus on my writing, one would think that I am refreshed and motivated to "get back at it" or "hit the ground running" or even dare I say "relax." None of that happened.

Obviously I have a lot to write about but sometimes there are things that get in the way of my writing time, like the day job, or looking for a new job, or deep cleaning and decluttering my apartment. But here are somethings that I'm trying to do to keep with with what I want to accomplish.

I reveal in Book 2 that there is a lot a green house in near the back of the Mississippi Wolf Pack manor. That is of course inspired by my own dream garden. As I live in a "city town" - my container garden will have to do.

As with NaNoWriMo before it, I have set out to complete at least 50k in 30 days. This did not happen for me for various reasons but the number one reason being....life.

I'm not sure if the second part is true but it is defiantly an end of an era.

Why is everyone jumping ship? And are they really or does it just seem like so?

However some just don't just have that same 'wow' that the original challenge had......Enter The Rough Draft Challenge...

2025 is here and I hope that you are as excited as I am about the new energy and fresh start magic that the New Year season seems to bring.