Hyba Is Writing

Thoughts on RE/CONSTRUCT So I've decided to let go of RE/CONSTRUCT (a supernatural thriller I started years ago) for now. If you've been around for a while, you might remember it (but odds are you probably don't). Here's the cover I put together for the WIP intro ages ago: It's been ages since I spoke about RE/CONSTRUCT , so for those who don't know what it's about (or just don't remember the details), the premise is this: A group of inebriated teens driving home from a graduation party get into a bad car accident. The driver of the car, Adam, wakes up to find himself repeating senior year again. But his friends have disappeared - everyone looks at him like he's got two heads when he asks about them, because apparently they never existed. And there's a new girl Ria that he's 99.999% sure wasn't there before, but who everyone knows - and he gets it in his mind that this means she's somehow connected to whatever weird thing has happene

S03EP02: The Novel Editing Process LISTEN HERE Hello, again! I'm back with another podcast episode after several months of silence. Here's the transcript for the newest episode, where I discuss my editing process for my novels as it currently stands. This episode was released May 19, 2023. I'm experimenting with longer episodes, as well as going off-script more often. I hope it's turning out well.   💬 Episode Transcript Hello, and welcome back to Hyba is Writing. I’m your host, Hyba, and it’s good to be back! I’ll start this episode off with addressing the prolonged absence: Hey, it’s been a while. I’ve been dealing with stuff. Burnout and work, mostly. I wish I had a more glamorous reason for my disappearance, but it’s really just. Adult life kicking my butt. But I learned some lessons, left my job, and realized that I need to focus my efforts on doing something I love. Wouldn’t you know it? As soon as I had that realization, my motivation and creativity started seepi

A Mid-Year Review: Workshops, Novels, and Video Games It's no secret that I've had terrible burnout lately. Just look at the difference in time between my last blog post and this one. But I'm back in action now! To get things kicked off on this blog again, I'm going to share what some of my projects are about - without giving too much away, because I'm also implementing a new approach to my work.   Secrets, Secrets Everywhere I'm going to be keeping things to myself a bit more moving forward. Not that I was sharing much of anything before, to be fair, but this is related to my offline presence. I have great friends who are willing to listen to me ramble on and on about my stories and what I've got planned for them, as well as my other projects, and while that's terribly lovely and supportive of them, I've made up my mind to stop doing that. The reason is pretty simple: When I've talked about something, the chances of me doing that thing go down b