Joanne Shin

April 2024 April 2024 Newsletter! Photo by No Revisions on Unsplash It's Aprilllll! Time is flying by so quickly, but I'm not complaining about the warmth. xD 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 Writing's been quite good this month! I'm attempting Camp NaNoWriMo, but I'm going to aim for 10,000 words this month! We'll see if I do it. I'll update y'all next month. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 As I said last month, I did Lent! (Which is the 40 days before Easter! Usually, people fast/give something up during these 40 days!) And for...

March 2024 March 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Carli Jeen on Unsplash Happy Marchhhhh! It's finally warming up and I'm so happy. Also I totally thought the flower in the photo was a cigarette. Anywaysss xD And I have no other intro stuff to say, so let's get starteddd! 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 Okay, y'all. Here's some groundbreaking news. I actually wrote a lot this month. I am incredibly surprised, but it's definitely a pleasant surprise. 😂 I made progress on my Thriller WIP, and also on my Cat WIP. It's...

February 2024 February 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Arun Clarke on Unsplash Happy February! It's. . . cloud month? It's not, I totally made that up, but it is pretty gloomy for me so I feel like it's half reasonable. Reading that again, I don't think it is but I don't care. xD Anywhooo let's get to the email! 𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒰𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒 Writing has been quite good this month! Wayyy better than November-December combined. 😂 Hopefully, that continues on for this monthhhh. *fingers crossed* So yeah! I've been...

January 2024 January 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Erwan Hesry on Unsplash Ahhhh! It's 2024! That's. . . honestly just crazy. 2023 just flew by, and I'm so excited for this year! We'll see where God takes us all <3. 𝕎𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕌𝕡𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖 My writing has been a lot better than usual. School honestly slowed it down a lot because it's extremely stressful for me and that usually slows down or puts a halt to my writing. So, it's been quite good this past month! 𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕌𝕡𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖 I've been a lot less stressed, and...

December 2023 December 2023 Newsletter! Photo by lilartsy on Unsplash AHHHHH! IT'S FINALLY CHRISTMAS SEASON!! This is quite early, but I hope you all have an amazing Christmas this year, remembering the birth of Jesus Christ. 💛 December is one of my favorite months of the year, because of having no school after the stressful Semester Finals, but we'll ignore those, hot chocolate, listening to Christmas music nonstop, and celebrating Jesus. Overall, it's a really, really good month. What do...

November 2023 November 2023 Newsletter! Photo by Magda Fou on Unsplash Hello, hello! It is now November! My favourite month of the year! Okay, not really, but kind of, because it's my birth month. We're not a major-birthday-celebration family anyway, so we probably won't do too much. Do you have any birthday traditions in your family? Anyways! It's already been a month! So it's time for November's Email! 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 Soo I've actually been working on that new WIP a lot! I'm surprising...

October 2023 October 2023 Newsletter! Photo by Jo Anaya on Unsplash Heyyy! Happy October! It's now officially Autumn! I'm not excited for the cold that will be coming soon, but I am excited for the pure aesthetic of it being Autumn. 😂 What's your favourite season? Let me know by replying to this email! I don't really have a favourite season because they all have pros and cons xD. Okayyy, and now let's get on with this month's email! 𝚄𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 Okay. Um. I may or may not have started...

September 2023 September 2023 Newsletter! Photo by Jo Anaya on Unsplash Heyy! It’s Joanne! *waves you over to my little corner* It’s been a while, and I hope you’re all doing well! So I took a little unofficial break from my email list to brainstorm a bit and to organize it, because quite honestly, it was a mess, which I am so sorry for. Here are a few details that will be going into place starting from this email. I’ll be sending you an email on the 4th of each month! This email will include...

{July Email} Guest Email + Business Spotlight Hey! It is so good to see you! (Virtually, at least 😜) How are you doing? Let's get started with the guest email! My lovely friend, Molly McTernan, and I are doing an email list swap! You can find her blog here, and below is the lovely message that she wants to tell you. {After her message is a Business Spotlight that I'm super excited for!} {I also did a Guest Post on her blog, which you can read here (: } The Life of a Lamp Have you ever felt...

Joanne Shin Mid-Month Review #1 June {Mid-Month Review} Heyyy! It's been a while! I decided not to do a May Review and June Goals Email, and decided to go for a Mid-Month Review! Let's see how this works (: 𝕎𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 & ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 A couple of weeks ago, I got an article published on TheRebelution! It's titled, Why "I'll Do It Later" is Problematic, and it's about how procrastinating on time with God is problematic, as the title says explains. 😜 Click the button below to read this article! Read the...