Tag: Hardworking

One more refuse!

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As much as I hate to admit it, another rejection didn’t really affect me. Not a big deal, simply another publishing house that didn’t want to publish my work. Another competition I didn’t win. But there’s still something nice about knowing that someone, somewhere, is reading what I wrote, even if there’s no feedback. It’s understandable—they can’t respond to everyone, or they’d never get anything else done.

But we don’t give up and we don’t get sad. We just keep writing.

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Ще одна відмова!

Як не прикро це визнавати, але чергова відмова майже нічого не зворушила всередині мене. Невелика справа, ще одне видавництво не захотіло мене публікувати. Ще один конкурс не виграно. Втім, це відчуття, що хтось десь читає те, що ти написав – доволі приємне, хоча немає жодного зворотнього зв’язку. Це зрозуміло, якщо відповідати кожному, можна забути про життя взагалі.
Та ми не здаємося і не сумуємо. І продовжуємо писати.

G-growing

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Just trying to grow my own confidence by inspiring with nice memos like this. It doesn’t work well so far, but I am not to give up.

P.S. Did you notice summer has crept upon us?

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Намагаюся відростити собі трохи впевненості за допомогою таких милих записочок. Поки що все кепсько, але я не здаюся.

П.С. Ви помітили що до нас підкралося літо?

Centaurid 2024 annual grant competition for writers

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I’ve found an article about this competition some time ago and guess what – as I have finally finished my IceBeastTale editing – I applied for it as well!

Are you waiting for any other upcoming competitions?

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Деякий час тому я наткнулася на статтю про цей конкурс і вгадайте що — я ж нарешті закінчила редагування Сказанки Про Крижаного Звіра, і подала заявку на Кентавриду 2024!

Чи ви чекаєте на якісь ще конкурси?

Nonsense

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Yesterday Canada celebrated Thanksgiving Day. My second Thanksgiving celebration since I moved to Canada. However, last time, I didn’t feel the spirit of the holiday, I was horrified of being moved to another country.

This time it was way way better. We asked our friends to come by, we cooked so many tasty things, we watched movies and talked. That was heartwarming for real.

We also played some board games, and one was called Nonsense. You answer a question, right down the answer on a piece of paper, fold it and hand it over to a person next to you so they could answer a following question, but they couldn’t see what you answer before, and so on, so you get a little story in the end. A little random story, to be honest.

The weirder answers you put, the more interesting it gets in the end. More drama, said I yesterday 🙂

And it helped me with kind of a block in my head. All this overthinking and doubting bring you to an understandable end. You stuck. So I am glad I unstuck myself in such a pleasant way.

Have a great week everyone! And hope you’d feel joy out of this Autumn.

Working routine

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Writing day after day creates a good habit of consistent writing. But also, at some point you might feel bumping into a wall. That is where you stuck in routine.

I tried different ways of avoiding that point. But the truth is – the only way not to get there – make writing not 100% routine. Always try something new, look for something new, wonder, dream.

And give yourself some rest. Don’t let guilt overwhelm you. You deserve this rest as well as you deserve to write, create, express yourself.

It works not only in terms of writing. But also in terms of life.

Blackout

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Today I overslept, but the new day came as always. It didn’t wait for me to catch up.

But it is okay. I needed this day to put myself together. Let’s hope it worked.

Earlier today I bumped into video of Ke Huy Quan overcoming with emotions when he was accepting his Oscar. I was so glad for him, like for no one else on the Earth. I would be acting the very same if I were on his place. I won’t be there but it was nice to share that joy.

I love people that are real. With real emotions.

Sister told me today that she is proud of me no matter what. I cannot imagine what I would do without her. She is the most supportive person I have ever had in my life.

Let’s see what comes tomorrow.

Progress

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Two weeks have passed since I’ve been working. And it’s only beginning.

I found myself in a very new and undiscovered world of mobile marketing. I didn’t know anything about CR and CPI before, but now, after two and half weeks I can proudly say, that I am not dumb in that anymore 😉 Good for me!

The next grand problem was communication. I had to talk to many people simultaneously and it has driven me crazy at the beginning. And recently too. Sometimes.

And I convinced once again: you can learn everything, you just need to feel determination to do it. That’s it. Have fun. steve-faleiro_snowman_ykrjrmo

P.S. Just wanted to have some winter mood 😉