Joanne Shin
Hey, I'm Joanne! I'm a writer who is a follower of God. I love writing, reading, dancing, listening to music, and taking photos. By signing up for my newsletter, you'd be getting one email from me per month, containing photographs, writing news, and rants about books and music. You can click through some of my past emails below to see my style of writing, or add your email address in the little box below! I'd love to have you! : D
{October 2024 - 9 Books in the 9th Month and a New Email Sequence}
October 2024 October 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash It's October! How have you all been doing? Time flies by so quicklyyyy. (I have exciting news at the very end of this email, so stay tuned!) Writing Update I wrote this month! I'm also doing something called Inktober, which is for artists. It's where people draw something every day based on a list of prompts. But on a writer's community that I'm a part of, we write every day with those prompts instead of drawing! So...
{September 2024 - Going to a New School and Memesssss!}
September 2024 September 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash It's September! How have you all been doing? Time is flying by so quickly helpppp xDD Writing Update I actually wrote a bit this month! A couple of poems here and there, as well as just some writing in general. Definitely not as much as I wanted to write, but ey, that was a bit expected. Life Update So I had my first day of school at my new school yesterday! It was. . . okay? I had reallyy low expectations so my...
{August 2024 - Camp and Musicc}
August 2024 August 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Daniel Γberg on Unsplash It's Augustttt! I've been enjoying summer, but am not excited for school to start next month. In denial about that. π Writing Update Sooo. Not much writing at all happening. Hopefully, I'll be able to get it up and running soon though! (Camp and moving does a lot to your motivation xD) Life Update I went to an amazing youth camp! I grew closer to God and experienced Him in a beautiful way. I also had an encounter with the...
{July 2024 - Moving!}
July 2024 July 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Daniel Γberg on Unsplash It's July! And did I send an email last month? Nope. I completely forgot, and I am so sorry. To be fair to myself though, we were moving, so I'm going to cut myself some slack. Hopefully you can too. π Writing Update Again, we were moving and it was just a lot of travelling, so I didn't get much writing done at all. But I did think about writing, so the spirit counts. xD Life Update I moved! It was a lot of boxes and lots of...
{May 2024 - Finishing LoTR + Actually Writing!}
May 2024 May 2024 Newsletter! Photo by Louie Nicolo Nimor on Unsplash It's Mayyyy! Time is flying by so quickly, but I'm not complaining about the warmth. xD Writing Update Eyyy! So I attempted Camp NaNoWriMo last month, which is a month where you set a goal wordcount for yourself and try to reach it. I set a goal of 10,000 words, and even though my very low expectations for myself, I actually made the wordcount goal! Which I was very happy and surprised about. π (I had to cram in 2,000 words...
{April 2024 - Lent Reflections and Baking!}
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 ππ«π’ππ’π§π ππ©ππππ 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. ππ’ππ ππ©ππππ 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 - Lent and COVER REVEALLLL! O.O}
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! ππ«π’ππ’π§π ππ©ππππ 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. π I made progress on my Thriller WIP, and also on my Cat WIP. It's...
{February 2024 - Baking Failures, Writing, and Etsy Shops!}
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! π²ππΎππΎππ π°π
πΉπΆππ Writing has been quite good this month! Wayyy better than November-December combined. π Hopefully, that continues on for this monthhhh. *fingers crossed* So yeah! I've been...
{January 2024 - Email List Swap & Bread Ambitions}
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. ππ£ππ₯πππ ππ‘πππ₯π 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! ππππ ππ‘πππ₯π I've been a lot less stressed, and...
{December 2023 - It's Christmas Seasonnnn!!}
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. π 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...
Hey, I'm Joanne! I'm a writer who is a follower of God. I love writing, reading, dancing, listening to music, and taking photos. By signing up for my newsletter, you'd be getting one email from me per month, containing photographs, writing news, and rants about books and music. You can click through some of my past emails below to see my style of writing, or add your email address in the little box below! I'd love to have you! : D