[brefaucheux]

Unpopular Opinions | Champagne Thursday

[brefaucheux]

Thoughts on Writing...

Thoughts on Writing…

“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” —Allen Ginsberg, WD I have this quote to be so true. Why? Because most writers write without the expectation of being heard. Those who do write with the intention of being big or famous or heard by hundreds or thousands of people often find themselves very disheartened by the lack of feedback they receive, if any. A lot of them…

View On WordPress

[brefaucheux]

My Latest Girl Crush

My Latest Girl Crush

I take great pride in my girl crushes. Not gonna lie. Any of my friends will tell you how I girl crush on various people. Whether they’re comedians, actors, singers, or once even a dance teacher that I took lessons from. It can be for any reason. In the words of the great Jenna Marbles, “I like your hair. I like your boobs. I like your big giant butt. It’s fucking memorizing. I can’t tell if I…

View On WordPress

[writingbox]

Questions to ask yourself while plotting

[luuuuuke-evans]

I would have called this short film “A Study in Perfection, featuring Luke Evans”.

[brefaucheux]

Hello baby!! 😘😍😍😍

[luuuuuke-evans]

Luke Evans as James Bond. :)

[brefaucheux]

Oh please oh please oh please!!!!!

[missmentelle]

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.  At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. 

At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.   At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.  At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.  At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78. Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow. Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. 

Never tell yourself you missed your chance. 

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough. 

You can do it. Whatever it is. 

[butchdotgov]

I fucking needed this today

[brefaucheux]

The Right to Read

The Right to Read

I have this weird problem that I’m not sure others suffer from. I call it my “right to read.” Often times when I’m down or when I have a lot of work to get done that hasn’t been completed, I feel like I don’t have the right to read. The right to sit down, relax and enjoy a good book. I never feel that way when I watch TV with my family. I never feel that way when I go out to eat or to a movie.…

View On WordPress

[brefaucheux]

Where I Get Most of My Ideas

Where I Get Most of My Ideas

One of the most common questions I get asked as a writer is “where do you get your ideas?” It’s a very valid and understandable question. It was years into writing before I realized that other people don’t have the same brain waves that I do. I literally see everything in my head as if it were a story line or a plot twist. Others don’t appear to do this. And that shocks me. Because it’s something…

View On WordPress

[brefaucheux]

My First Love - Gymnastics

My First Love – Gymnastics

From the time I was young, I referred to gymnastics as my first love. It is and always will be. The other day I was cruising the net, as one does, and a video ad on YouTube came up. I almost clicked away, as one does, then saw it was about gymnastics. Then I proceeded to watch the whole thing through. It blew my mind. Because in an instant, I was taken back to a place where I really felt like I…

View On WordPress

[brefaucheux]

March 2016 | TBR

[brefaucheux]

February 2016 | Wrap Up

[goal-digger-fitnesstilltheend-d]

I didn’t become heartless, I just became smarter. My happiness will not depend on someone else. Not anymore.

(via annieschenturrrr)

[brefaucheux]

The Finish Line

So……… I did it. Today I completed the revision to the latest draft of the first book in my upcoming series. It’s as good as I can get it for the time being. I felt this strange sense of relief when I got it done. One that I haven’t felt in a long while. I don’t ever get a real FEELING after completing a first draft. That always comes when I finish a few revisions and I know that I can’t fix…

View On WordPress

[brefaucheux]

January 2016 Goals & TBR

[brefaucheux]

December 2015 Wrap Up + Mini Reviews

[brefaucheux]

My Relationship with the Four of Swords

My Relationship with the Four of Swords

As of late, I have been doing a daily draw from my tarot deck called “Witch’s Tarot”. It’s a beautiful deck with striking pictures and I see myself using it for just myself in years to come as a personal deck for readings that I only conduct for myself. I’ve been doing a daily draw to learn more and to take in one card at a time. Strangely, I have been drawing the same cards a lot recently. I…

View On WordPress