Hey! So it's finally October! I am so happy... even though its sort of still warm out. This whole week is going to be in the 70's and 80's but next week it's supposed to go back to the 60's and hopefully, stay that way. I can't wait for it to stay cold and for all the leaves to fall and for Fall to really come. I'm also so excited for Halloween! Anyways, so September has felt sort of busy. There's been quite a few things that's happened that has made September memorable.
September Writing: I am still writing Silver. I think the reason this book is taking so long is because classes and work have really slowed me down. That or I'm tired and my brain is too tired to write. Also, I've gone down several different plot rabbit holes with this book. I've written more than a few chapters that I've cut and redone because the plot just wasn't working. Now I think that since I'm finally past the hard part, the big mid-point scene where the story shifts gears and we head toward the climax it's starting to go a lot faster. The middles are always the hardest for me! Golden... was a complete fluke in the fact that the middle was insanely easy for me. Plus, sequels are never easy. So, yeah, since when I don't have much time as when I don't have classes I mainly just write Silver and haven't really had time to write anything else. That includes Project Khione.
I feel kind of bad because all year I've been writing on here that I am going to work on it. I think did a little at the beginning of the year, but it was just driving me crazy and putting me in a bad writing place, so I needed to shift gears. And then Of Magic and Mayhem took me by surprise and I was busy with that and now Golden and Silver and possibly a third book in the series has taken me by complete surprise again. I wanted Project Khione to be ready to come out in December... but if I'm being realistic, that's not going to happen. It'll come out next year. Either at the beginning of the year or the middle of the year, kind of like with Of Magic and Mayhem. Plus, for Project Khione I'm going to try and find a new editor... which means I need to save up some money, so I guess that's good I have a job now. But, so yeah, Silver has been my main priority. I don't want to say I'm rushing... but I am getting very excited and impatient to finish this book. I'm even more impatient to have some free time, which isn't going to happen probably until December.
September Reading: I am very surprised with myself for managing to read two whole books in September. I read These Broken Stars and the Beastkeeper. Both were very good. I've heard and seen a lot about These Broken Stars and I saw it at the library and decided to give it a try. Midway through I picked up the next two books in the series, but realized that the other two are focused on completely different characters. The only series that I liked and could get into and actually really loved that did that was The Lunar Chronicles. Besides The Lunar Chronicles it is very hard for me to get into a series where the main character changes with every book. Once I'm committed to characters, I stick by them and I want an entire series about them. Not about other characters in the same world. The only way you can pull that off is if you have a big enough, masterfully done world that compels people to know more.
Beastkeeper snuck up on me. I had a huge pile of books from the library and I was craving a smaller read. This book is only a hundred and something pages. I just wanted something quick and really good and satisfying. Beastkeeper did not disappoint. It reminded me of the Winterling series amongst others that I can't remember, full of whimsy and unexplained magic. I love a good, huge, masterful world with rules for magic and systems and all that. But I think I love the unexplained books even more. I love books that have magic in it and girls that turn into beasts and curses and a mysterious boy who turns into a deer and pops up out of nowhere without any explanations. There are no rules, no history of how this magic came to be. It just is and I love that, because then I don't have to remember rules or histories. I can just get lost in the book and enjoy the magic and the whimsy of the story and the characters. So, I enjoyed that book thoroughly and recommend it 100%.
Also, I started the Odd Thomas series in September. I'm on the second book and loving it so far. Another one of those books where there really aren't many rules or explanations. Odd can see dead people and has psychic magnetism and you have no idea why and you're fine with that.
September Music: The first thing that comes to mind for this category is Fall Out Boy's latest song, Last of the Real Ones. It is one of my favorite songs now. I bought it as soon as I could and I've listened to it enough times that you would think I would be sick of it by now. I'm not. I love it! Not only are the lyrics and the beat so good, but it perfectly describes a relationship in Silver. So, that's the biggest thing I've been listening to. Plus, I was listening to a lot of Skillet and Colton Dixon in preparation for the concert, which was epic by the way!
September TV Shows: I'm still rewatching TVD. I'm on season 5 now... only three seasons left to go! Teen Wolf ended. I have yet to put a post about it on here. I feel really bad but it's just been busy and the post was really long and now that I've seen the finale I want to talk about the finale, so it'll come up... eventually. But anyways, I was really worried about how it would end, but I guess I should have trusted the writers because it ended perfectly. It was so satisfying and wonderful and I loved it. It was the ending that Scott and Stiles and the whole pack deserved. Also Scorpion and the Inhumans started at the very end of September. Scorpion is... sort of going down hill for me, but Inhumans? I love it! I was so worried because I looked really cheesy and like it wouldn't turn out great, but I watched the pilot and I am hooked! It's so unique and I think they chose the perfect actors to portray the Inhumans! I can't wait to watch the next one!
September Life Stuff: So, I got a job. It's childcare at a church on Wednesdays and Thursdays. It's been good... a little tiring and I've been a little stressed out, but it's good. That's the biggest thing. Classes are on their way... I had a paper to do and an exam, which was no fun and I'm really hoping I did good on my paper to balance out my not so great grade on the exam haha. I only have two classes, but I am ready for them to be done. I say this every time in the middle of the semester, but it's true. I'm ready for them to be done. But one of the best things about September was the concert! It was so epic! My mom, my brother and I headed out Saturday evening. We had dinner at McAllister's and got some coffee an then headed to the concert. Gawvi and Tauren Wells (I think that's his name) played first and they were good. Colton Dixon played and that was epic! I loved that he played Down, from his latest album since that's one of my favorites. Brit Nicole played and that was good, but Skillet totally beat them all in terms of epic entertainment. I have never rocked out so much in my life! Skillet just pulls it out of you and you can't help but let go and just have an awesome time. By the last song though my ears and feet (I wore heeled boots) were killing me. It was one of the best nights ever though. We had a blast!
Anyways, so yeah, that was September more or less. Work and class and an epic concert and writing and some reading. I am honestly so happy that it's October. Cold weather and Halloween and going to more parks and leaves falling and buying pumpkins and costumes and pumpkin donuts and muffins and jeans and jackets. October is my favorite month of the year (besides March) so it'll be a good month.
September Writing: I am still writing Silver. I think the reason this book is taking so long is because classes and work have really slowed me down. That or I'm tired and my brain is too tired to write. Also, I've gone down several different plot rabbit holes with this book. I've written more than a few chapters that I've cut and redone because the plot just wasn't working. Now I think that since I'm finally past the hard part, the big mid-point scene where the story shifts gears and we head toward the climax it's starting to go a lot faster. The middles are always the hardest for me! Golden... was a complete fluke in the fact that the middle was insanely easy for me. Plus, sequels are never easy. So, yeah, since when I don't have much time as when I don't have classes I mainly just write Silver and haven't really had time to write anything else. That includes Project Khione.
I feel kind of bad because all year I've been writing on here that I am going to work on it. I think did a little at the beginning of the year, but it was just driving me crazy and putting me in a bad writing place, so I needed to shift gears. And then Of Magic and Mayhem took me by surprise and I was busy with that and now Golden and Silver and possibly a third book in the series has taken me by complete surprise again. I wanted Project Khione to be ready to come out in December... but if I'm being realistic, that's not going to happen. It'll come out next year. Either at the beginning of the year or the middle of the year, kind of like with Of Magic and Mayhem. Plus, for Project Khione I'm going to try and find a new editor... which means I need to save up some money, so I guess that's good I have a job now. But, so yeah, Silver has been my main priority. I don't want to say I'm rushing... but I am getting very excited and impatient to finish this book. I'm even more impatient to have some free time, which isn't going to happen probably until December.
September Reading: I am very surprised with myself for managing to read two whole books in September. I read These Broken Stars and the Beastkeeper. Both were very good. I've heard and seen a lot about These Broken Stars and I saw it at the library and decided to give it a try. Midway through I picked up the next two books in the series, but realized that the other two are focused on completely different characters. The only series that I liked and could get into and actually really loved that did that was The Lunar Chronicles. Besides The Lunar Chronicles it is very hard for me to get into a series where the main character changes with every book. Once I'm committed to characters, I stick by them and I want an entire series about them. Not about other characters in the same world. The only way you can pull that off is if you have a big enough, masterfully done world that compels people to know more.
Beastkeeper snuck up on me. I had a huge pile of books from the library and I was craving a smaller read. This book is only a hundred and something pages. I just wanted something quick and really good and satisfying. Beastkeeper did not disappoint. It reminded me of the Winterling series amongst others that I can't remember, full of whimsy and unexplained magic. I love a good, huge, masterful world with rules for magic and systems and all that. But I think I love the unexplained books even more. I love books that have magic in it and girls that turn into beasts and curses and a mysterious boy who turns into a deer and pops up out of nowhere without any explanations. There are no rules, no history of how this magic came to be. It just is and I love that, because then I don't have to remember rules or histories. I can just get lost in the book and enjoy the magic and the whimsy of the story and the characters. So, I enjoyed that book thoroughly and recommend it 100%.
Also, I started the Odd Thomas series in September. I'm on the second book and loving it so far. Another one of those books where there really aren't many rules or explanations. Odd can see dead people and has psychic magnetism and you have no idea why and you're fine with that.
September Music: The first thing that comes to mind for this category is Fall Out Boy's latest song, Last of the Real Ones. It is one of my favorite songs now. I bought it as soon as I could and I've listened to it enough times that you would think I would be sick of it by now. I'm not. I love it! Not only are the lyrics and the beat so good, but it perfectly describes a relationship in Silver. So, that's the biggest thing I've been listening to. Plus, I was listening to a lot of Skillet and Colton Dixon in preparation for the concert, which was epic by the way!
September TV Shows: I'm still rewatching TVD. I'm on season 5 now... only three seasons left to go! Teen Wolf ended. I have yet to put a post about it on here. I feel really bad but it's just been busy and the post was really long and now that I've seen the finale I want to talk about the finale, so it'll come up... eventually. But anyways, I was really worried about how it would end, but I guess I should have trusted the writers because it ended perfectly. It was so satisfying and wonderful and I loved it. It was the ending that Scott and Stiles and the whole pack deserved. Also Scorpion and the Inhumans started at the very end of September. Scorpion is... sort of going down hill for me, but Inhumans? I love it! I was so worried because I looked really cheesy and like it wouldn't turn out great, but I watched the pilot and I am hooked! It's so unique and I think they chose the perfect actors to portray the Inhumans! I can't wait to watch the next one!
September Life Stuff: So, I got a job. It's childcare at a church on Wednesdays and Thursdays. It's been good... a little tiring and I've been a little stressed out, but it's good. That's the biggest thing. Classes are on their way... I had a paper to do and an exam, which was no fun and I'm really hoping I did good on my paper to balance out my not so great grade on the exam haha. I only have two classes, but I am ready for them to be done. I say this every time in the middle of the semester, but it's true. I'm ready for them to be done. But one of the best things about September was the concert! It was so epic! My mom, my brother and I headed out Saturday evening. We had dinner at McAllister's and got some coffee an then headed to the concert. Gawvi and Tauren Wells (I think that's his name) played first and they were good. Colton Dixon played and that was epic! I loved that he played Down, from his latest album since that's one of my favorites. Brit Nicole played and that was good, but Skillet totally beat them all in terms of epic entertainment. I have never rocked out so much in my life! Skillet just pulls it out of you and you can't help but let go and just have an awesome time. By the last song though my ears and feet (I wore heeled boots) were killing me. It was one of the best nights ever though. We had a blast!
Anyways, so yeah, that was September more or less. Work and class and an epic concert and writing and some reading. I am honestly so happy that it's October. Cold weather and Halloween and going to more parks and leaves falling and buying pumpkins and costumes and pumpkin donuts and muffins and jeans and jackets. October is my favorite month of the year (besides March) so it'll be a good month.
Have a great October everyone!!
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