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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1! Author Icon, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.
La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  Open in new Window., worship leader  Open in new Window., small business owner  Open in new Window., songwriter  Open in new Window., aspiring author  Open in new Window. and freelance nonfiction writer  Open in new Window. with a chemical engineering degree  Open in new Window..

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

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September 21, 2015 at 8:17am
September 21, 2015 at 8:17am
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Had a crisis of confidence last night.

No, seriously. *Laugh*

I complain about scope creep a lot, but it's a serious problem. I can't finish a story because in my head, the stories never end. There are more characters and more problems and more twists and turns, and they can span generations. So how do I go about resolving a single conflict for a single character in a single story? ...or identifying a single conflict in the first place, without introducing a zillion side plots?

I'm not sure. I'm not good at it. And short stories are the worst. I'd like to get better at them.

You'd think writing a simple story would be an easy task.

Thanks, Mumsy Author Icon, for talking me off the ledge and helping me focus enough to meet my "I Write in August-September-OctoberOpen in new Window. [ASR] requirements without having a meltdown in the process.

Food Log 9/20/15:
- Coffee w/sugar-free creamer
- Peanut butter
- Clif bar
- Grilled chicken wrap w/tomato, cheese, spinach, dijon mustard
- Corn on the cob
- Mashed potatoes
- PB&J (half a sandwich and definitely a bit of a cheat)
- Chili w/cheddar cheese
- Almonds
- Crystal Light

So I cheated a bit on the PB&J. It was half a sammich made with the heel but the whole reason I ate it was because I was craving sweet, and Welch's Grape is about as sweet as any donut. But it's real fruit? ...so is apple pie, and you won't catch me justifying THAT as valid food.


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