I can't believe this... November is a day away from being over and we're on our last month of the year!! Where has 2018 gone? I think I say this every year, but seriously, I feel like this year has gone by so quickly, especially these past few months. My classes and my excitement and rush to have them over with has made the last few months go by so quickly. In just two weeks I'll graduate with my associates and a few weeks after that it'll be Christmas!! :O
Anyways here's what my November looked like:
November Writing: Well, I officially finished my fourth ever Nanowrimo! I'm at 70,000 words in my Peter Pan/The Tempest retelling and I had really wanted to finish it by the end of November, but tomorrow is the last day of the month and since I've written zero words today, I don't see me finishing the book by the end of the month. :( That's Ok though because I still won Nanowrimo and even went beyond the fifty thousand word count, which is an accomplishment in and of itself. But, yeah, for November I've been focusing on the first draft of Second Star 2.0.
November Reading: I read two books this month. Not very impressive, I know, but they were two really good books. First I started reading The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (which was... darker than I thought it would be, though I should have figured it would be dark because of the name haha) and then the newest Keeper of the Lost Cities book came out called Flashback and because I'm kind of a bigger fan of that series, I set down The Dark Descent and read Flashback. Let me just say, it was amazing! Little twelve year old, tentative Sophie Foster has grown up so much!! She's now fifteen and a fighter and fierce while also being so kind and sweet and compassionate. The twists and turns (and relationships) in this book surprised me big time, but in the best way possible. And that ending? It wasn't even like an action packed, crazy cliffhanger. It was more of a like whaaaat, I couldn't have read that right ending that just leaves you wanting the next one so badly! I can't believe I have to wait till next November for book nine!! I gave myself some time to process and mourn the ending of another Keeper book and the fact that I have to wait another year for the next one and then continued The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein. I was hooked on the book in the beginning, but by the time I had finished Flashback, I kind of just wanted to get it done with. Let me tell you, that book is not for the faint of heart. Seriously, I was floored by the ending. It was so twisted and dark and crazy and totally horror... I don't read horror and I didn't really think it would be that... dark and twisted. Actually I kind of went into the book with no expectations and I think that's why it surprised me so much. Overall though, the characters, the relationships, they were truly amazing. So deep and complex and messed up and toxic. You can tell how much Kiersten White poured into that book, how much time she spent on research and developing her characters. It totally showed and that was awesome to see.
November Life Stuff: Well... let's see... I would say the most notable thing (or two) about November is that I published two books in one month! Granted, it took me two years to get one book ready to publish and the second book was small and an on the whim let's publish this sort of thing. But still, it was pretty awesome and hitting publish on a book is so addicting. Firespot The Red Panda, my first children's story, is out (and because this is my blog and I can promote as much as I want without feeling bad about it, Firespot The Red Panda would make an excellent Christmas gift for a child or grandchild or niece or nephew). The second one is one that I am insanely proud of! Project Hellion has finally been released. It's only in ebook form right now, but by next week it will be up in paperback form too! I can't wait to hold my superhero duology in my hands and have Project Hellion and Weapon Icean side by side on my bookshelf! Another shameless self-promotion moment: Weapon Icean is on the Kindle for 0.99 and Project Hellion is on there for 2.99 so right now is the perfect time to start reading book one and its sequel! :) (Links for all the books are below). What else happened this month? There was Thanksgiving. That was fun, though the turkey wasn't fully cooked so we didn't really eat much of that and my mom had an allergic reaction to something (nothing super serious or anything). But overall, it was a good Thanksgiving. That evening we got to see Ralph Break's the Internet and it was so good! I loved it so much and it was so sweet and cute and well done. It gives me hope for Disney that they still have some original ideas. (Don't get me started on their idea to reuse The Lion King to make more money). Classes have been brutal, especially math class. I can't wait to be done with it. I plan to throw a giant party in celebration.
So yeah, that was my November. Thanksgiving, horrid math, two books published. And it got chilly out and we got to put up our Christmas tree early! Usually we don't put it up till much closer to Christmas, so to get to put it up before December has even arrived is pretty fun.
Here is the link to my Author page where all my books are: Author Central
Anyways here's what my November looked like:
November Writing: Well, I officially finished my fourth ever Nanowrimo! I'm at 70,000 words in my Peter Pan/The Tempest retelling and I had really wanted to finish it by the end of November, but tomorrow is the last day of the month and since I've written zero words today, I don't see me finishing the book by the end of the month. :( That's Ok though because I still won Nanowrimo and even went beyond the fifty thousand word count, which is an accomplishment in and of itself. But, yeah, for November I've been focusing on the first draft of Second Star 2.0.
November Reading: I read two books this month. Not very impressive, I know, but they were two really good books. First I started reading The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein (which was... darker than I thought it would be, though I should have figured it would be dark because of the name haha) and then the newest Keeper of the Lost Cities book came out called Flashback and because I'm kind of a bigger fan of that series, I set down The Dark Descent and read Flashback. Let me just say, it was amazing! Little twelve year old, tentative Sophie Foster has grown up so much!! She's now fifteen and a fighter and fierce while also being so kind and sweet and compassionate. The twists and turns (and relationships) in this book surprised me big time, but in the best way possible. And that ending? It wasn't even like an action packed, crazy cliffhanger. It was more of a like whaaaat, I couldn't have read that right ending that just leaves you wanting the next one so badly! I can't believe I have to wait till next November for book nine!! I gave myself some time to process and mourn the ending of another Keeper book and the fact that I have to wait another year for the next one and then continued The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein. I was hooked on the book in the beginning, but by the time I had finished Flashback, I kind of just wanted to get it done with. Let me tell you, that book is not for the faint of heart. Seriously, I was floored by the ending. It was so twisted and dark and crazy and totally horror... I don't read horror and I didn't really think it would be that... dark and twisted. Actually I kind of went into the book with no expectations and I think that's why it surprised me so much. Overall though, the characters, the relationships, they were truly amazing. So deep and complex and messed up and toxic. You can tell how much Kiersten White poured into that book, how much time she spent on research and developing her characters. It totally showed and that was awesome to see.
November Life Stuff: Well... let's see... I would say the most notable thing (or two) about November is that I published two books in one month! Granted, it took me two years to get one book ready to publish and the second book was small and an on the whim let's publish this sort of thing. But still, it was pretty awesome and hitting publish on a book is so addicting. Firespot The Red Panda, my first children's story, is out (and because this is my blog and I can promote as much as I want without feeling bad about it, Firespot The Red Panda would make an excellent Christmas gift for a child or grandchild or niece or nephew). The second one is one that I am insanely proud of! Project Hellion has finally been released. It's only in ebook form right now, but by next week it will be up in paperback form too! I can't wait to hold my superhero duology in my hands and have Project Hellion and Weapon Icean side by side on my bookshelf! Another shameless self-promotion moment: Weapon Icean is on the Kindle for 0.99 and Project Hellion is on there for 2.99 so right now is the perfect time to start reading book one and its sequel! :) (Links for all the books are below). What else happened this month? There was Thanksgiving. That was fun, though the turkey wasn't fully cooked so we didn't really eat much of that and my mom had an allergic reaction to something (nothing super serious or anything). But overall, it was a good Thanksgiving. That evening we got to see Ralph Break's the Internet and it was so good! I loved it so much and it was so sweet and cute and well done. It gives me hope for Disney that they still have some original ideas. (Don't get me started on their idea to reuse The Lion King to make more money). Classes have been brutal, especially math class. I can't wait to be done with it. I plan to throw a giant party in celebration.
So yeah, that was my November. Thanksgiving, horrid math, two books published. And it got chilly out and we got to put up our Christmas tree early! Usually we don't put it up till much closer to Christmas, so to get to put it up before December has even arrived is pretty fun.
Here is the link to my Author page where all my books are: Author Central
How was your November? :)
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