Rei'sa al Ghul; life, books, tea and other things!

So this month I had planned to take part in a few read a longs. They of course being

#readGRISHA

#UnderHypedReads

#contemporarylovers

#kingdoms604

Due to my attention being requested by friends and a speckling of many other things, I bareky have time for myself. A book I should have finished two days ago still goes unread, I haven't picked up Falling Kingdoms, I haven't started Amy and Rogers and I haven't even picked up Siege and Storm.

I do not think this is fair to the other people I am reading along with so I will be stepping away from the #contemporarylovers and #kingdoms604 read a longs. I really want to, but I did not expect to be in... such high demand. I will still be doing  #readGRISHA and #UnderHypedReads as I had promised too about two to three weeks before all this happened.

When it comes to BookTubeAThon, I am not sure I will be joining. If I do, there will be a TBR video tomorrow. It may help me speed through a few books. :)

Anyways, I am going to go take a nap before I have to get running again. I love you all!

~ Reisa Reads

So this is the first edition of my Writing Wednesday!

So many things could be posted for this! So many ideas, so many paragraphs!

So, what better topic to post other than, our writing goals!

Do you have monthly, weekly or daily goals? Do you keep a word count? 

Personally, I am going for a 200-500 per spree of writing. I want to try to build up in the next few months up to a bare minimum of 500. :) I love writing, but sometimes it can be rough when you have ADHD & writers block. It can be like shaking shiny keys infront of me.

I often keep alarms, to make sure that I keep up not just my writing goals, but life as well. Living with ADHD, sometimes setting small alarms is a great reminder of " HEY! I CAN'T BE STARING AT THAT SQUIRREL! I GOT SHIT TO DO/TO WRITE!"

When the writers block hits me, I try to sit back and relax. Grab a cup of tea, maybe listen to some relaxing (to me) music & just try to open my mind. Just taking in the smell of the tea & falling into the lyrics of a good Ludo or Cradle of Filth song can be so soothing to not just the mind, but the soul. 

Heck, sometimes I even grab a book. Sometimes diving into someone elses world really helps my clam shell of a mind slowly open its hinged mouth and release for sweet air. Albeit a classic such as the wonderful terra firma of Wonderland, or the high paced adventures in Chicago in Divergent or just the imagery from such books as The Stand, letting myself fall into place sometimes lets my characters peek their heads out and say " hi. i am ready to talk again. "

I do whatever I can to not fall into those writing slumps. Those literary dumps. Once I fall in, it can be MONTHS before I can escape the razor edged talons of what I call the Slump Hawk. I think I may talk about the Slump Hawk in the next WW. 

So, like asked before, what do you set yout goals to be? Do you have advice for me? Do you have any idea of what you might want me to write about next? 

Anyways, 

Peace and Love, 

Reisa