Wednesday Weird: Screaming Ghost

Here we are, the beginning of Halloween season. Which means for this month, the Wednesday Weirds are going to be as Halloweeny as I can swing. I'm going to try to pick scary or creepy or gross topics. What will they be? No clue. I figure out when I write the posts.

But for today, to launch our Halloween series of Wednesday Weirds, we're looking at a ghost video!

I picked this one because A) it's creepy as all hell. And B) it's different than a lot of the other types of ghost videos.

Whether it's real or not, I have no clue, but it's full of tension and it's an absorbing video (no worries. There's no jump scares or anything. I wouldn't do that to you.)

 

Thoughts?

In Which I NaNo For 2014

So we're into October already, and you know what that means,

That's right. It's the ramp up to NaNoWriMo!

I missed last year (for legit reasons that ended with me landing an agent and a book deal) but I've been participating since 2009 and I'm giving it a shot again this year.

I'll be writing under my old username Falen1 and I'd love to be your friend (also, because seeing everyone's little word count meters fill up is hugely motivating for me. So yes, I want to be friends because it's fun, but also I want to be friends to help me hit my goals)

If you've never done NaNo before, you should give it a try! It's a lot of fun, and no one takes it too seriously, so even if you realize it's not for you or you can't hit the word count, or if you want to break the "rules" then that's okay!

So, are you going to NaNo this year?

 

Friday Fun

I'm back, ape-friends! After a hiatus NOT of my choosing.

I was so bored, I had to spend time with George

But here we are, for the first Friday Fun for the Fall! So let's get this started off right!

 

 

 

 

 

 

an alarm clock you have to stand on to shut it off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insecure Writer's Support Group

So, I totally missed last month's IWSG. I just completely didn't realize it was the first of the month or something.

My bad.

But here we are! The first IWSG for fall 2014. I cannot believe how fast the year is going.

As I mentioned on Monday, and a few weeks ago, I have been crazy busy. I knew going in that September was going to be my hell month, and it more or less was.

I had edits for All That Remains to finish up. I also had a bunch of pages on my still untitled WIP to turn in for my next MFA packet (that's due on Friday) as well as a ten page paper to write.

I probably should have been super stressed and junk. But surprisingly I wasn't. I mean, I could kind of feel that it was there, just hovering behind me, waiting. All "hey, are you suuuure you don't want to have some sort of stress freakout?"

But I was like, eh, no thanks. Instead I think I'll put my head down and get back to work.

I had definitely reached the point, though, where I had so much work that the only way out was through it. Which is in general I guess a good attitude to have. And honestly, if I had that attitude all the time things probably wouldn't stack up as much (though, to be fair, September Hell Month was just a timing thing and not brought about by slacking or anything.)

On the plus side about getting through September is now I have a bit of breathing room.

Until November that is, when NaNo starts. And yes I'm participating this year. I have a sequel to write. Which means my goal for October is to try and finish my WIP.

Will I be able to? Guess it's time to find out.

In Which Sometimes I Hate Good Books

So I'm busy right now.

Like super, super, holy crap busy. SO much work to get done. But I am getting it done which is awesome and makes me feel all accomplished like a mother-effing adult or something.

So while I'm doing all this work (edits, MFA writing and papers) I'm also still reading. Because of course I am. At the very least I need a book to read on my lunch breaks. And maybe a bit before bed.

And how awesome is it when you're reading a book that is absolutely amazing and you can't stop thinking about it and all you want to do is sit and read it?

Like, I'm finishing up the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy. And man, I love it haaaard.

Normally, that's pretty awesome.

Unless you're trying to get a buttload of work done, like me, and instead you keep thinking man, I wish I could get back to reading my book. Or I could just take an extra 5 minutes on my lunch break so I can finish this chapter.

Ugh! Good books, you are KILLING me!  Why you have to be so good??

I finally finished the last book yesterday and it was a huge relief. Because yes it was great, but also, I am so exhausted with desperately wanting to read it and stuff.
Also, now I'm a bit burned out on reading. I need to read something completely different. Good thing I have a ton of picture books from the library I need to read for my MFA. That'll be a nice change of pace.

So how about you? Read anything awesome lately?

In Which I Edit

Hey all.

I'm in a time crunch right now, working on edits and MFA homework, which means no blog posts this week (and maybe next week as well, but we'll see how things go)

See you on the flip side (do people still say that? Yes?)

In Which I'm At The Minnesota State Fair

No real post today, pals. It's Labor Day which means it's my last day to hit up the MN State Fair.

It is a delicious time of year.

deep fried cheese curds

 



Bingo!

 

 

ham and cheese savory scone

 



This happened

Chicken fried bacon

 

 

Brother, Twin, Me

Corn Dog!!!