Adriana K. Weinert

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Category: On Writing

All about a life with words.

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | Finding one’s voice in creating…and living - On the 30th of November this year, I reached a milestone: my short story Clara appeared in the November issue of Electric Spec magazine. This is the first time that a short story of mine got published. I can’t explain what this means to me. But then again, anybody who has decided to live their dream knows the gleeful feeling of moving a step farther along their path...
05/12/201725/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

Finding one’s voice in creating…and living

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | Is it a weakness to go chase a dream and the discipline of free choice - “The Offering […] requires discipline, not the discipline of slavery, but the discipline of free choice.” – Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra. Let me put into context what Paulo Coelho means in the above quote. As I understand it, he talks about the discipline to freely take the choice to love our job even if it’s not our dream job. This pouring of love into doing the job, he calls the Offering...
14/04/201725/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

Is it a weakness to chase a dream and the discipline of free choice

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | When is a good time to quit a job for a dream? - A few weeks have passed since I quit my job so I could focus on my writing. And now that the mental and physical fatigue which this decision brought about are finally starting to abate, one subject I want to tackle is when is the right time to take a leap and go for a dream...
24/03/201725/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

When is a good time to quit a job for a dream?

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | A bad habit called stress - It’s difficult to lose the habit of being stressed out. This is one thing I’m beginning to learn. As I mentioned in my previous short announcement, I quit my job at the beginning of the year to fully focus on my writing. I imagined, as I geared up to tell my superior about my decision, that the day I quit my job will mark the beginning of a happier existence...
03/03/201725/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

A bad habit called stress

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | First day of freedom - As of today, I am officially unemployed. This is not a tragic moment in my life, but the beginning of a journey--a journey I instigated myself when I resigned from my position as a scientific researcher. So for me, this is a day to celebrate.
01/03/201725/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

First day of freedom

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | Boldly, with love: a manifesto - I admit it: I have done my fair share of lusting for success and validation for my writing. But I’m putting this out here because I wish to let go of these thoughts. And publishing them somewhere where anyone can read them is my version of shock therapy...
07/12/201625/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

Boldly, with love: a manifesto

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | Dasung's Paperlike E Ink Monitor: A review from a writer's perspective - I often write in the evenings which hitherto meant torturing my eyes with an LCD monitor after dark. This is why I couldn't wait to get my hands on the world's first E Ink monitor offered by Dasung
15/09/201625/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

Dasung’s Paperlike E Ink Monitor: A review from a writer’s perspective

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | An interview with...me - A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Laura Seeber, the author of "The Revelation of Jack" and "The Spring and Autumn Murders", for her lively blog The Writer's Thread.
12/09/201625/07/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

An interview with…me

Adriana K. Weinert | CatchingWords.com | To word count or not to word count? A lesson from Camp NaNoWriMo - Now that Camp NaNoWriMo is over, I have a confession to make: I didn't reach my word count goal. I was not even close. I will not give any numbers because it's embarrassing. I won't use excuses such as I had a busy time in my day job...
03/08/201602/04/2018 Adriana K. Weinert

To word count or not to word count? A lesson from Camp NaNoWriMo

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