WRITING VLOG 📓 So, l quit my 9-5 job to write full-time lol // a slow start to NaNoWriMo

[@Wallisimo]

Oh gosh wait. I didn't know this would show up as a comment lmao!

[@kelleyiswriting]

Omg!! Thank you so much for your donation I truly appreciate it

[@ajcrwley]

🖋consistently wishing it were less stressful for people to quit their jobs to write full time. It's gonna be a great nano!

[@kelleyiswriting]

I think so too!! 🥰💖

[@OnefortheBooks]

Don't define your self worth by your employment! I'm sure something will turn up, but it's okay if it takes a while. Plus it'll be cool to tell people you're a full time writer while it lasts. Best of luck with your projects! I'm having a productive first two days of NaNo so far and feeling good! It's my first year participating.

[@kelleyiswriting]

I definitely needed to hear that about employment and self worth😭thank you for sharing 💛 good luck with NANO!! It's definitely challenging, but the community makes it so much fun :)

[@caesuracrossing5473]

🖋 you can do this i believe in you. I am also participating in NaNoWriMo this year currently staring at my fantasy novel my current word count is 880 and I'm a day behind, but it's fine. I anticipated to be a day behind. I am struggling with my prologue I think my intro is too long, but I don't know how to cut it straight into the action, but also I'm worried about writing a fight scene since I don't know how to do that. I think I'm adding fluff scenes to delay writing the action lol.

[@Wallisimo]

Thank you for being so honest about your decision to leave your job and how your mental health affected you. Day 1 on NaNo was a doozy but I've loved watching everyone's videos. 🖋

[@ananeu]

always love hearing you talk about all ur amazing projects! especially the last fantasy project - OMGGG?? the excitement i get to brainstorm all my other 125 projects is realll. love u kelly!

[@philippawood5047]

Congrats on recognising what you needed to do for your own mental health, I know it may be scary right now but that is honestly worth SO much more than a random associate position. Wishing you the best for nano! 🖋

[@notesbysaraawynn]

🖋 stay strong, Kelley! wishing you a great nanowrimo this year 🤗🤗

[@kelleyiswriting]

Thank you Sara!! You too 🤗

[@lasciamidasolo]

🖋️ best of luck! i'm also currently taking a break from uni and freelance jobs due to mental health issues, so i understand the gist of what you're going through. hopefully you'll continue to be surrounded by little things that give you enough joy to hold on

[@kelleyiswriting]

Thank you! I hope you get to have a good break before going back to school and work :)

[@zenebornman7917]

Hope everything goes well for you Kelley! I'm struggling with writing a bit this Nano because of a family crisis but I'm still trying to write some days.

[@kelleyiswriting]

I hope everything is okay with your family!! sending you good wishes 🌸

[@KrisMF]

OMG the kitty in the beginning!!! SO CHUNKY

[@kelleyiswriting]

OMG he was VERY VERY CHOONKY!! LOL I was wondering is he eating the books in here 🤣

[@lynndjung]

🖊️ love u kelley!! I definitely feel you on the job market anxiety but i'm sure you'll find something 🫶

[@MsWOCReader]

I love the blue Kelley!

[@stephfoxeh]

good luck !!!

[@kelleyiswriting]

Thank you! Wow thank you so much for the donation

[@stephsing]

🖋 Good luck with the job search, Kelley!

[@alannaklainTV]

Kelley we all believe I’m you. You can do whatever you decide to do, stay safe and keep going forward ❤

[@greynightingale]

I'm in the same place you were in this video. Nine months with no job in tech after being laid off. Hardly any job gives me an interview, and if they do, it's like five interviews just to be told I don't have a job. I'm writing a book in the PNW (raised here) and this gave me some inspiration to finish my project.

[@kelleyiswriting]

Aww thanks for sharing this with me! Yeah the market has not gotten any better since November, but if you keep going at it, I'm positive something with land in your way :)

[@m_4012]

🖊️ good luck, kelley! wishing you all the best for nanowrimo and your job hunt! thank you for your vulnerability and sharing your life with us. your videos are a source of comfort for many of us, and i hope you know how much we appreciate you 💕

[@kelleyiswriting]

I'm so glad you find these vlogs comforting!! 💕 That makes me really happy to hear :)

[@ary74]

🖋️ The first three days of NaNoWriMo went well: I continued the Fantasy novel I'm working on writing an important scene, sometimes even in a relaxing coffee shop (thing that I never do)

[@kelleyiswriting]

I’m also trying to get out of the house more and work outside at coffee shops! You got it ✨

[@ary74]

@@kelleyiswriting Thank you! I also went once in a park on the river when almost no one was there and I wrote a lot

[@ayabenzakh307]

🖋Everything will be okay, don't worry. Btw your videos are so calm

[@a.cmcgowen2720]

Best of luck!!!🖋

[@emmaincolor]

🖊️ NaNo is going well! I’m doing my first one ever and feeling really good so far. Love hearing about your projects and I adore the blue hair!

[@reezers101]

I like your hair. Tbh not sure if I'm doing Nano, I wrote yesterday, but who knows if I'll continue?

[@kianisaac4787]

🖋My dream would be to quit my job to be a full-time writer, but unfortunately, I can't as I am also a full-time uni student. I wish you luck!! ❤

[@Chipzipssss]

✒️yay nanowrimo!! 🙃 I’m a student but am doing home studies, I thank you for posting this video since I am in a similar state despite obviously different situations. I was kinda stuck but this has helped me rewind my brains logic to actually taking the first step to doing things again!

[@kelleyiswriting]

I’m glad to hear!! Good luck on everything ☺️

[@alex14496]

🖊 Just found your channel and loving it already 😍

[@kelleyiswriting]

Thank you!! :)

[@SundayDreamin]

🖊️ love the blue hair. I want to do nano but I am currently in the process of turning my ecological short story into a novel. I have a lot of plotting to do. Also wishing you good luck on the job hunt. ❤

[@alessandraale1950]

It feels a bit surreal to hear about job searching as I just signed a contrct after my own bit of chaos, can't wait for weekly vlogs and good luck on this nano!

[@kelleyiswriting]

Wow amazing!! Congratulations on your new job!! 😊

[@juliqaaa]

Good luck in your job hunt, and finding a new place to live as well as Nanowrimo! I am being a Nano Rebel this year where I have the same goal as yours and just write every day - working on my second draft of my WIP 😊 btw your new hair colour really suits you! Cheers you on always from the UK ❤

[@graysonsbookmark]

🖊 sending good vibes Kelley!

[@megreads9]

I know it's difficult to quite your 9-5 job and could not have the time to write but I am trying to find a balance between my time as I am mother and a working woman, we have definitely to plan to have more time, since three years I didn't write even one phrase which frustrating me so much but I am living right now and I will come back soon to my writing.

[@hellishrebukesystem847]

awesome vlog--bold move to like quit your job--but I get it! Lol--I decided to go back to grad school on a whim so like yeah--sometimes depressed people do crazy stuff to feel again, lol. Hope nano was awesome! ✒🖊🖋

[@kelleyiswriting]

I hope grad school is going well!! LOL I didn't quit my job to feel again, I quit my job to unfeel depressy thoughts :D

[@JuliaPressSimmons]

Be kind to yourself. Your video is lovely . Happy writing.

[@chelsdreams9290]

🖋️🖋️🖋️🖋️🖋️ you got this!!!

[@biancam719]

🖋sending you love! good luck with nanowrimo!

[@Isabela-Thomas]

I feel u girl, I’m also struggling right now

[@River475]

🖊️ Good luck with everything! I also quit a job earlier this year without having another one lined up, and it can be a bit daunting. Wishing you all the best.

[@saraarnal7657]

🖋 Good luck with everything!

[@glitchscribble44]

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[@chargoeson]

🖊️ Best of luck with NaNo! It’s my first year back to it since 2019, we got this!

[@CloeCadwell]

🖊 Happy nano!! Wishing you all the best and hoping things work out for you

[@Lara_Ameen]

🖊️ Best of luck with NanoWriMo and your job search! I admire you for wanting to do 5 projects! I hope you find a job that fits into something you want to do. I love your videos! 😍📝

[@Evybooks]

I completely understand your stress applying for jobs is hard but I hope that you'll find something soon, in the mean time enjoy writing!

[@kelleyiswriting]

I will try my best hehe thanks!!

[@BrielleJuliet]

Do you have a link for the little mic you were holding in the beginning of the vid? The audio is *chefs kiss*

[@kelleyiswriting]

I'm really loving the microphone! I can't link in comments but you can search up Hollyland Lark M1 on Amazon :)

[@AdrianasWonderland]

that is so interesting! for which magazines do you write?

[@kelleyiswriting]

I don’t have an organized list of magazines hehe I just shop around and find submissions on Twitter. Some mags that I’ve been previously published in are Solarpunk, Heartlines Spec, Martian Magazine, and Shoreline of Infinity :)

[@genevapatterson6629]

Commenting for the algorithm and because I love her energy! ...so what did you guys have for lunch today?

[@jeanne8015]

🖊 Thank you for everything Kelley!!

[@kelleyiswriting]

Thank you for watching and commenting!!

[@mlleariane6667]

Wasn't able to do nano this year because there was no way I could fit it with my apprenticeship this year so obviously I started having a BUNCH of ideas for my novel at the end of october and now I feel frustrated...

[@kelleyiswriting]

I completely understand how you feel :// I always admire published authors who work full-time jobs outside of their writing because.. HOW.. T_T Don't give up!! And don't put too much pressure on yourself :)

[@dawnlockheart4485]

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[@anandavalle6378]

🖋️ Good luck on the job hunt!

[@perceptive_mind1775]

allow yourself to doubt your work, this will only drive you to improve it. With that said, never confuse your work with your self-worth.

[@kelleyiswriting]

I will keep that in mind 😭I appreciate you for sharing 💛

[@patricialivangood3748]

🖋Good luck with your new life, new job, writing career, and finding your new place to live.🖋

[@michellec99]

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[@ranzie4529]

algorithm boost! Thanks for sharing this writing vlog. Idk if you'll see this but, how do you cope with creative burnout as a writer? 🖋

[@kelleyiswriting]

Hi thank you for boosting

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I’m also doing Duolingo 😂

[@PiaLaPlaca]

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[@ItsAlyssaShea]

🖋 Good luck with Nanowrimo!

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[@StudioLindsay]

🖊 Good luck with NaNoWriMo! 😊

[@feelswriter]

Are you taking clients for developmental editing? 🖊️

[@kelleyiswriting]

Yes! It would be best to contact me on my website for booking and details :)

[@ThatGirlChelee]

I’m catching up on your videos at 2:30 am lol. Was this a partner soft launch? 👀

[@kelleyiswriting]

Hehe this comment made me chuckle! He’s been in and out of my vlogs since I started this channel :)

[@ThatGirlChelee]

@@kelleyiswritingI have been watching you for a few years. I can’t believe I never noticed lol.

[@amandasdumky]

I'm on my computer so I can't comment an emoji so I'll just write "pen"

[@kelleyiswriting]

Hehe love it!!

[@megreads9]

Why sending to the magazine and rejected ? Go to self publishing. I don't like publishers rules and are they to judge our writings and our visions, it's good to have good criticism and good honest reviews but they are the final judge of our writing ? I have been rejected 14 times from local publishing houses even without any reasons because obviously they don't have any reason to tell they want to change your writing style, they want to rephrase your phrases and change the spirit of your writing which is not acceptable ever to me, if they change your spirit of writing what's the use then of our vision ? Publishing house bullshit honestly.

[@kelleyiswriting]

I like submitting to small presses and I also like the idea of self-publishing too! I don't *think those two are mutually exclusive. It's whatever works best for you :) I am also an editor for a magazine and I always hope publishers can treat their submissions with respect. edit: I added the work think

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[@elliothall273]

5 months late but… 🖊️

[@kelleyiswriting]

Hehe never too late!!

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[@sarahwoodle]

🖋️ Good luck with everything! I love your writing blogs and how honest you are. I recently got a job a few months ago after graduating in Seattle, so I feel you! It took me so long. Job market is very tough and it’s easy to blame yourself, but it’s definitely a problem with the system, not you! You’re doing great, and if you ever need any info/advice about Seattle I’ve been here a while lol hmu 🫶

[@kelleyiswriting]

AHHH OMG!! Congratulations on landing a job that’s amazing!!! ✨ if I ever move here, don’t mind me messaging you 🥹 I would love to make some friends and bonus points if they’re writers too hehe ☺️

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