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July Wrap Up

 Happy Wednesday! 


Another month has gone by without putting up weekly posts. I guess my inspiration will come back when its ready. For now, though, I don't know who cares to read another monthly wrap up, but here's how my July went! 

July Writing: Writing has been a bit of a bummer this month. I think I've written myself out over the past few months. My word bank is depleted, so I've been taking a break from drafting to focus on edits instead. I edited drafts of IWWP and Immortal Circus earlier this month and am now wholly focusing on The Archive Series. I'm doing polishing and minor edits on both Scarlet Phoenix and Black Rose and once I'm done with those, I'll be jumping into the fifth and final book in the series: Indigo Star. 

Other than that, I tried getting some words into two different projects this month and it was just such a struggle I decided to not force it. Both projects are too important to me to not put forth my best effort and skimp on words. 

July Reading: July reading has also been rather dismal. I've read one book this month. I think I'm in a bit of a reading slump. 


The book I've read, though, is very good! I found The Merciful Hawk by Margaret Owen at Half-Priced Books along with the sequel, The Faithless Hawk and was so excited! I've been trying to get my hands on this book for so long, and so far, it's living up to my expectations majorly. 

July Life Stuff: 

We've officially moved into our new house! We moved in Fourth of July weekend. There are still a few things to fix up, painting to do and things to move around, but overall, we're pretty much settled in and are enjoying the new house a ton. We got to have a Fourth of July pool party with some friends on the Fourth and that was super fun! 

I also have some exciting news. I've started seeing someone. I met him at the college group at the church I go to and have really enjoyed getting to know him and spending time with him! He's literally so sweet and I'm sure I'll be talking about him more on here as the months go on. 

Other than those two things... I can't really think of much else that's gone on this month. I dropped my final class because it was just way too hard for me and will be taking a geology class in the fall to complete my degree.

Oh! And I'm going to go see OneRepublic in concert on the 30th, so that'll be a great way to end the month! 

Looking Forward to August: 

My mom and I will be going to a Breaking Benjamin concert in August, so two concerts in two months?? Sounds like a party to me! Breaking Benjamin isn't really my favorite band ever, but they put on a good show and I just enjoy going to concerts in general. 

We might go visit my grandparents as well, but I'm not sure if that will be in August or September. Either way, it'll be fun to see everyone. I haven't visited them in what feels like way too long. 

There will be lots of more Archive Series editing. Hopefully getting to Indigo Star and finishing up Scarlet Phoenix things. 

Oh! And how could I forget?? Heart of Xion comes out in August!! Mark your calendars for August 9!! I'm so excited and can't wait to share this story with everyone! 

Other than that, I'm excited to see what else August brings.

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