ONCE UPON: Know the Novel Part 2!

HELLO EVERYONE. I come to you on this very random day like I said I would, because NaNoWriMo has kept me Very Distracted and I didn't get this post up earlier. BUT I wanted to make sure to do it, because today I bring youuuu: part 2 of Know the Novel!!

I just love this linkup by Christine, and I loved answering these questions for Once Upon! I love this story so much, even though it's a mess and has made my life a mess this month. xD I do want to say that while the book's not finished, I'm not writing at the moment. (I decided to take a break after winning NaNo to relax and focus on Thanksgiving and other things.) So these questions are in present tense, but I answered them while I was still writing. Mmkay. Probably not necessary to point that out, but there you go. xD

I'll spare you any more rambling, and lead you right into: Know the Novel: Part 2!

1. How’s the writing going overall?

So much better than I expected! I went into this with NO PLANS, guys. And at 20k I still hadn't gotten stuck. That's amazing for me. It's pathetic but it's true. xD

2. What’s been the most fun aspect about writing this novel so far? 

Trentley and Jynnia's relationship!! I keep bringing this up, and it's probably starting to get really old, but SERIOUSLY. I just LOVE them. Also just all the fairy tale aspects. It's seriously so much fun playing around with all that.

3. What do you think of your characters at this point? Who’s your favorite to write about?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I absolutely love Trentley and Jynnia. They're the sweetest little babies. Jynnia gets on my nerves a teensy bit at times (I mean, girl. Don't break the law. You've been warned. Stop it.), but I still love her. And my side characters are SO MUCH FUN too. I didn't think this story was going to be sassy but there's sass. Lots of sass. In the form of fairy sisters. A whole slew of them.

4. Has your novel surprised you in any way?
Um, yeah, only every time I sit down to write. XD When you don't do any planning whatsoever, your story basically tells you what to do. My writing is pretty much the equivalent of when you're running too quickly down a hill and your feet start going too fast for you to keep up with. Things are happening and you're not sure how they're going to end but there's no going back now!!

5. Have you come across any problem areas?
Not really. :o The only "problem" I would say (besides the awful writing lololol) is just that I'm hardcore pantsing (like, more than EVER before) and I don't know if I'm going to keep ANYTHING I'm writing. But I'm okay with that, because I've adopted the term "discovery writer" for myself, and I think it describes me really well. The first draft is just like an experimentation, if you will. A meet-and-greet where I get to know my characters and the setting.

6. What’s been your biggest victory with writing this novel at this point?
In story terms, being able to keep writing without stopping, and pushing through to the next scene even when I don't know what's really going on! In NaNo terms, staying ahead of my word count and breaking my records from previous years.

(For the record, I just want to clarify that crushing a ridiculous word count and breaking records does
NOT determine whether you're having a good NaNo. It's just my goal for this year.)

7. If you were transported into your novel and became any one of the characters, which one do you think you’d be? Would you take any different actions than they have?
Well, HOPEFULLY I'd be Jynnia, so that I could have Trentley all to myself. *pathetic fangirl giggling* *over my own story* *wow what a mess I am*

But in reality, I'd probably be Trentley. He's awkward and unsure and doesn't talk a lot when he's around people he's not comfortable with.

I think I'd pretty much take the same actions he has... he's quiet until he has something to say, then he gets out of his comfort zone and says what he has to say when it matters. (Except let's be honest, I don't say everything I should. So, I guess Trentley's doing better than me. xD)

8. Give us the first sentence or paragraph then 2 (or 3!) more favorite snippets! 

The first paragraph/lines!

I'm not going to lie, I adore sharing snippets that make absolutely no sense out of context and hopefully confusing you guys. xD

9. Share an interesting tidbit about the writing process so far! (For example: Have you made any hilarious typos? Derailed from your outline? Killed off a character? Changed projects entirely? Anything you want to share!) 
Lol.

Typos.

I think I already mentioned this in one of my NaNo updates, but if you somehow missed it: I was writing late one night, on I think the second day of NaNo. (lol didn't take me long did it?) And apparently I was a lot more tired than I thought. I didn't THINK I'd done anything out of the ordinary.

But then the next day when I went back to my story to write... I saw this sentence.

"She continued to mutter indecipherable words as she smoothed her napkin in her lapkin and went about her dinner."

Her napkin.

In her lapkin.

I just... I can't. There's no hope for me.

Anyway. Enough about that. I suppose an interesting tidbit would be that I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING. I don't know why I do this to myself. "Derailed from my outline"? LOL WHAT'S AN OUTLINE. I literally started this story knowing the main characters and the inciting event. THAT'S IT. I have pantsed literally EVERY scene since then.

But you know the weird thing? I've gotten farther in my NaNos since I've started doing that. When I try to outline and plan (which I never do that much of, anyway) I've tended to drop off around 30-35k words. But this pantsing thing seems to be working out pretty good for me. *shrugs*

10. Take us on a tour of what a normal writing day for this novel looks like. Where do you write? What time of day? Alone or with others? Is a lot of coffee (or some other drink) consumed? Do you light candles? Play music? Get distracted by social media (*cough, cough*)? Tell all!

Well, since I work most days, my writing doesn't usually start happening until around 5-6 in the evening. I sit at my desk, light my candle (I got the idea from Nadine Brandes to choose a special candle for my story, and I'm loving it!), and usually have a cup of coffee with me. Sometimes I play music, sometimes I don't. Earlier in the month I listened to my playlist for this story quite a lot, but as the month went on I just abandoned that and started listening to Christmas music. xD I actually searched "fairy tale christmas music" on YouTube and found some festive yet fitting music to listen to while I write this story.

I actually haven't been getting all that distracted when I'm writing! Usually the distractions happen BEFORE I start writing. Which is why it often takes me so long to sit and start. xD

And that's it! I'm having fun writing Once Upon, even if it is being totally annoying and sassy and not wanting to tell me where to go next until we're RIGHT there on it. I think this is one of my favorite stories of mine just for the classic fairy tale-ness of it. I am LOVING writing fairies and magic and all that jazz.

Thanks again, Christine, for the linkup, and I hope you all are having a fantastic NaNo! (It's almost over. :o)

CAN YOU BELIEVE NANO'S SO CLOSE TO BEING OVER?? And have you done this linkup? Because if not, you totally should. 

NaNoWriMo Weekly Update #3 (I WON?!!)

Aaand thus commences the third week of NaNoWriMo. WHAT. HOW IS NANO ALREADY

ALMOST OVER. I literally feel like it JUST started, yet... here we are, more than halfway through November.

And that means Thanksgiving is soo close, too!! WHAT IS TIME. HOW DOES ONE HARNESS IT AND BEND IT TO ONE'S WILL.

Alas, I haven't figured that out yet. But this week of NaNo was still a very, very good week. Maybe even my best ever. ;D Aaand onto the weekly update!

(no snippets this week because they're all terrible and I don't feel like trying to find something worth reading xD)

I didn't start writing until 11:00 at night. Hehe.

BUT when I did start, it was flowing pretty good. I was really hoping to hit 30k before midnight, but, well, that didn't happen. My little fingers were flying over the keyboard as fast as I could make them go, but I was about 300 words too short.

I did some exciting writing, though; magical things are starting to happen!! Trentley and Jynnia are kinda sorta hanging out with a fairy (who definitely didn't ask permission to be put into the story... she just kinda showed up and stayed there), and I'm having a blast. I'm still getting a bit stuck here and there, but eventually I unstick myself and get through.

That's what I think I've learned to do better since last NaNo. I try not to jump all around in the book anymore when I'm writing the first draft-- especially for something like NaNo. It's so easy for me to get lost in all the out-of-order scenes and forget what's supposed to be going on when I write that way. But when I start on page one and resolve to write straight-through until the last page, even when it's messy, I think it's really beneficial. Maybe I'll do a post on how that's helped me in the future.
(We'll wait and see how this NaNo turns out. xD)

Word count: 1639

I started writing literally THE first second of the day! Because, well... as you know, I was up at midnight trying to hit 30k. xD

And I did! A few minutes past midnight, but I was still so happy I got there!

I had hoped to have a high word count this day, especially with the little headstart I got before the day even technically began... but it didn't turn out that way. *sigh*

Word count: 707

This day was GREAT. Even though I didn't start writing until early evening, I wrote and wrote and actually avoided distractions and got into a flow. I did multiple word sprints (seriously the only way I got through NaNoWriMo last year). And I'm getting to know a new character and it's HILARIOUS. xD I'm writing fairy sisters, who happen to be sassy and really salty. I'm not sure why? But that's how it's going. xD

Anyway! So this day I not only hit 35k (my goal for the day), but I also wrote 5k-- making this my wordiest day so far! Whooo! :D

(also, lowkey freaking out that there are only thirteen days left of NaNo. WHAT. :o :o)

Word count: 5028

Another great day! I got started writing in the evening and wrote for a cumulative total of about 40-50 minutes. (All word sprints. Seriously, guys. They the bomb.)

I'm still hanging out with those fairy sisters, and honestly, I'm still not exactly sure why they're so sarcastic and salty to each other. It's pretty hilarious, though. (Also, their names... Winlie. Verie. Quinnie. Parcie. SUCH FAIRY NAMES AND I AM LOVING IT. XD)

Also... I'm realizing that I often write stories about people who are running from the law. And by often, I mean... I can really only think of one of my books that doesn't involve someone running from the law. It's... kind of ridiculous. (I promise I'm not writing these from experience!!)

Word count: 2562

Something very exciting happened on this day: I hit 40k!

Which is SUPER exciting, because that's farther than I've gotten in most of my NaNos, and also because I'M SOO CLOSE TO 50K!! I still really can't believe I've come this far. I'm on track to not only win NaNo, but win it EARLY! Considering last year was the first year I won it at all and I won it at pretty much the last minute, I'm ecstatic and pretty much in disbelief about this.

Word count: 2596 (I originally stopped at around 2550, but I wrote a few more sentences so I could say I'd written more than I did yesterday xD)

I didn't start writing until late at night. Which was dumb, because I was hoping to cover like 10k between this day and the next... but anyway. xD

Word count: 943

So.

When I started writing these updates, I thought there would be four. You know, one for each week of NaNoWriMo?

BUT BEHOLD: I WON NANOWRIMO ON DAY TWENTY-ONE.

*screaming*

*angelic choir*

YOU GUYS, I WON NANOWRIMO TODAY! On day 21! It only took me three weeks!! AHHH!! *feels like a superhuman*

I wrote SO much today. In fact, it became my wordiest day.

I was just so determined to hit 50k today, on my last Thursday off before Thanksgiving. And I did it. I still can't believe it. Please excuse me while I go scream some more.

I was sitting down, getting ready to write, and I opened up a Dove dark chocolate (my literal FUEL this November), and know the little sayings they have on the inside? Today the first one I opened said, "Today is your day." Yes. Yes, it was. ;)

Also, I just want to say that it RAINED today. As in, it was raining the night I won NaNo. WHICH IT WAS DOING LAST YEAR. I love that so much. xD

Word count: 8601

Total word count for the week: 22076

Total word count for NaNo: 50192

WAIT WHAT. I wrote 22k in one week?? :o I didn't even realize that until I was adding this up. But wow. That's a lot for me. You guys, my goal for this week was to hit 43k. That was it. And then I go and hit 50k before the week's even over.

I'm not trying to make myself sound awesome... and if you still think I am, lololol you should see this first draft I call a winner. It's HIDEOUS. As first drafts are. But I love it and I love you, Trentley and Jynnia, my dear children. *bursts into tears and hugs the babies*

So! That's it! My final week of NaNoWriMo! Well, sort of. I do hope to keep writing for the rest of the month. Originally I hoped to finish this book in November because I kind of saw it being pretty short... but now here we are and I honestly don't know how much longer this thing's going to go. I think my pacing is horrible and I'm probably drawing things out way longer than they need to be. Buuut we'll deal with that later.

(can't wait gif)

I hope you guys have enjoyed these NaNo updates! I personally love reading these kinds of posts. It's so fun following along with someone's progress and struggles with sanity. As always, thanks so much for reading, and KEEP WRITING!

Also, a couple more things: You're probably going to get a post like every day for the next days, because there were some posts I was wanting to do and I'm running out of time, so in order to do them I'm going to have to just throw them up whenever I can. xD Also, just a teensy-weensy reminder that this Thursday (Thanksgiving), my next Havok story will be published!! So stay tuned for that. And don't get yourself too crazy with all the Thanksgiving prep. ;D

So, how is your NaNo going? Are you feeling good about your story, or thinking you might have to do a looot of editing later? Tell me all your victories and struggles! :D

NaNoWriMo: Weekly Update #2!

WEEK TWO OF NANO IS OVER. Which means that NaNo is halfway over. o.o WHAT. (it also means that this post goes up late. Hehehe. Hehe. Heh. *hides*)

This week of NaNo was a fun one! It didn't go quite as smoothly as last week did, I'd say, but I still enjoyed what I was writing. Although I know less and less what I want to be happening as the story goes on, what I do know (and the stuff I'm making up as I go along XD) is a lot of fun! Magic is starting to happen, and Trentley and Jynnia are still my favorite little darlings in the whole wide world.

Aaand here's the report!

I wrote four words. And I don't think I need to elaborate on that. xD

Word count: 4

This day was excellent! Sadly I wasn't able to take part in Double-Up Day, thanks to work. *sigh* Someday I'll be able to do that.

Anyway, I didn't get started writing until around nine or ten that night. I got to a little over 16k at 10:10 or so, and then I was like... I'm going to make it to 20k tonight. It was a completely ridiculous goal and I didn't really expect to hit it.

But I did!! I passed up 20k with ten minutes to spare. xD And this was my wordiest day so far. Also, I've begun torturing one of my characters, so it's getting fun.

I'm still kind of in awe that I've already come this far, actually, and with so much of the story to tell. (Usually I rush the story and run out of things to write long before 50k.) Like I said last week, I'm
moving faster than I ever have before; AND I haven't gotten stuck yet. Which is a milestone for me. :D

Word count: 4112

This was a Sunday, which really means that I should have gotten more writing done. But it actually meant that I spent very little time writing and didn't make my word count.

I was still ahead of my overall word count, though, so it's all good.

Word count: 958

This isn't my best week, all right? xD

This day I was feeling a little discouraged about some things and I just didn't feel like writing. Plus
I'd hit a bit of a snag in the story. I knew it was coming, so I was prepared. It wasn't even a big issue, just that slow part of the story where I get a little bit at a loss for what to write next.

Word count: 87

I was pretty determined to get to 25k on this day. So I wrote and wrote and worked through a slow part.

I came out over 25k. Yay! I'm still in a weird transitional part in the story, but I'm powering through. I'm learning that that's possible. What I'm writing right now might not make sense later, but I feel like this stage still helps me get a feel for the story, and even if I end up dumping literally everything I write later... it's still helping me grow myself and my story.

I made it past my goal for the day (25k, like I already mentioned)... then realized that if I wrote only 100 or so more words, this would be my wordiest day so far. So you can bet I did just that. xD
Also, I introduced a new character! She's kind of weird and totally unplanned, but I'm pretty excited.

Word count: 4132

Not my proudest moment.

Word count: 9

Okay, guys, NaNo is sucking my life force away. I WANTED to write this day. I had all day to pound out thousands of words if I wanted to.

But I was SO TIRED. I haven't been sleeping much lately, because I'm ridiculously irresponsible and have been staying up late to write when I have to be up at like 6 the next morning. Not smart. But, well, it's a thing that's happening.

Also... something very weird and extremely annoying happened today. I checked my total word count after writing 696 words and it only said I had written like 50 something words. ???? What ????

Apparently somehow I updated my word count wrong over one of the past couple days??? I have NO idea what happened but I'm going to blame it on my word counter. So, the last few days' word count may or not be correct. I don't know. But that's fine. xD (Except for yesterday. Yesterday I DEFINITELY only wrote 9 words.)

Anyway, although I didn't spend as much time writing this day as I could have (and should have), I did get a couple thousand words in.

Word count: 2261

Total word count for the week: 12220

Total word count for NaNo: 28116

Not as much as last week, but I still feel pretty good. I had a couple days where I barely wrote anything, but then there were other days that I went above and beyond my word count goal. What I'm the most proud of is how I've been pushing through and writing even when the scene is hard to write. And I don't just quit before I make my word count. Pretty much every time I haven't made it, it's been because I didn't write all day and I just didn't have time to write more than a few hundred words. But I never just gave up. Does that make sense? xD

Probably not. But anyway, I hope NaNo is going great for all you fellow psychos! Keep writing and even if you're not writing 1667 words a day or planning to hit 50k, you're still amazing!

All right, guys, so how did week 2 go for you? Have you written any exciting developments in your story (new characters, plot twists, anything)? Started torturing any characters yet? Lost your own mind? Let's talk about how insane we all are!

AT LONG LAST-- the 1-Year Blogaversary Q&A Vlog!!!!

HI GUYS. Sooo… you remember like TWO MONTHS AGO when I had my blogaversary? And I promised you guys a q&a vlog? And now it's November and you still ever got that vlog?

Well, YouTube and I finally decided to get along, so I FINALLY bring you: THE Q&A VLOG!! Hope you enjoy! :D :D

(also, I accidentally skipped a whole queston somehow... Nicole asked me what my favorite kind of chocolate is. It's dark chocolate.)

NaNoWriMo: Weekly Update #1!

Week one of NaNoWriMo is over!

Which means that we are all at least slightly less sane than we were on November 1. As you can tell by the fact that I'm pretty late on this update.

I'm not going to even try to write an introduction, because I'm tired and worded out. So just enjoy this update. xD

(There are snippets, too. Messy snippets. Random snippets. Definitely not a snippet from each day because I'm not that organized but I hope you enjoy anyway.)

I had the whole day off, which was absolutely lovely. I started writing about 9:00 that morning, but I didn't quite power through thousands of words the way I'd imagined myself doing all day... I get quite distracted, people. xD

But, despite not knowing how I wanted the story to start at all going in, I actually found it quite easy to write the whole first chapter once I got started. And... I actually loved it. :O Of course, it's more than subject to change later, but as for right now, I think it's the perfect beginning to this story and these characters.

OH YEAH AND THE CHARACTERS. Guys, literally a few paragraphs in I was already getting emotional because I love these characters so much. xD Trentley and Jynnia are legit the SWEETEST and I want all the best for them. And maybe it's weird to talk about your own characters like that but HEY. Don't judge me. I love them, okay?

I took a break in the afternoon and didn't get back to writing until that evening. I only wrote a few hundred words, but it took me over 3k, so I was pretty happy with that! It's not my record word count for the first day of NaNo, but I've almost doubled my target count so I'm content. Plus I bought some chocolate, so I'm ready for the next few days at least. xD

Word count: 3018

My opening lines, which I'm a little bit in love with. 

Work and family time kept me away from my story until after 8:00 that night. I finally sat down to write... and got stuck.

This is what happens when you don't outline, people.

I wish I was the kind of person who outlined religiously. It's so much easier to just write and write and write without stopping that way. But no, I'm the kind of person who waits until there's no time left to plan her story and then realizes I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO EVEN HAPPEN IN THIS THING. So, that's how my NaNo's going to go.

BUT as I sat and thought and thought and thought (such an exciting time), something came to me that I think this story needs. And it'll help me move things forward.

Also, apparently I either thought too much or too little because one of the sentences I wrote that day was "she smoothed her napkin in her lapkin."

NaNo is claiming my soul already. 

Word count: 722

First of all, I just want to say that the first few hundred words of this day were written after midnight... so I considered them to be written the day before. But the NaNo website doesn't agree with me. So. That's why my word count for yesterday was so low. *rolls eyes*

Church and family time kept me away from writing for much of the day (I'm going to have to do something about that family of mine...), but I still got a good bit of writing done. I did some in the morning before church (thank you, Daylight Savings Time, for giving me that extra hour of sleep!!) and then some in the evening.

I'd been listening mostly to my playlist I made for this story, but this day I branched out and listened to a bunch of Ivan Torrent's music. His stuff is seriously amazing, guys. (Thanks Alexa, for introducing me to it!)

Word count: 3156

I'm having way too much fun writing a straight-up sappy couple.

Don't run away yet, it's not as bad as it sounds. But guys, I've intentionally kept romance out of my books. Not because I have a problem with it, just because most of my books don't need it and I see no reason to put it where it doesn't belong. And then I come along and write a FAIRY TALE ROMANCE. It's quite different for me, but I'm actually having a blast. xD Trentley and Jynnia are my OTP, not gonna lie.

Anyway, this day I was able to get quite a few words in, despite having to work. In fact, I wrote the most this day than I have any other day so far, AND I hit 10k!!

I'm so happy about this, because I'm pretty sure this is the earliest I've ever reached this milestone! The story is flowing along pretty well, and I'm having so much fun. I didn't outline a thing and planned precious little, so the fact that I haven't gotten stuck yet is actually amazing.

Word count: 3299

So, as per the normal writer's behavior, I spent all day at work thinking about my story and JUST WANTING TO GET HOME AND WRITE ALREADY. And then, lo and behold, I got home and avoided writing like the plague. xD

BUT I was able to get wordsss in! (way too late at night, yes. but shhhhh.) I thought I was going to write the turning point of the story this day, but I didn't quite get there. Words were racking up, though, and this just meant I had an exciting scene to springboard off of the next day! ;D

Also, for the past few days I've written more every day! Which I'm super excited about.

Word count: 3325

On this day I didn't start writing until about 11:30 PM. I only wrote a few hundred words. And there's really no more that I need to say about that. xD

Word count: 512

In which Jynnia is a total rebel and doesn't even care.

I'm actually pretty proud of myself for this day. I didn't get a ton of words written-- although I did make my daily word count goal set by NaNo--, but I made time to write. Even though this was my day off, I knew I was going to be gone most of the day and pretty late, so I set aside a few minutes in the morning to write before I left my house. And I think I got the majority of my word count down then. That night I was able to catch up and make it past the "required" 1.6k.

I also wrote The Thing this day. Aka, the moment in every story that you look most forward to writing right off the bat, where everything starts going crazy. ;D (Also, fun fact: I wrote The Thing on day seven of NaNoWriMo last year, too!)

Word count: 1864

Total word count for the week: 15896

I'm super happy with my word count this week! Last year my word count for week 1 was only 9.6k. I'm not sure how it went the previous years, but I think 15k might be my record for this point in the game.

The writing's still going pretty smoothly. I had a bit of a discouragement as I was talking to my brother about my story and we throwing around all these different ideas and questions and I realized... there's still SO MUCH about this story that I don't know.

But this is just the first draft, and while it's a LOT smoother than my past several first drafting attempts have been, I know it's going to get messy. That's okay. I'm still having so much fun and I can't wait to see where the rest of this story goes. :D

Also, this is super random, but I just wanted to say that I have another story coming to Havok this month! Careful What You Hunt For will be published on Thanksgiving, November 28th. I'm so excited and, well, thankful. ;D Can't wait to share it with you all!!

And with that, thanks for reading! AND KEEP WRITING!

How was your first week of NaNo? Is it going as expected, better or worse? What's your favorite thing about your story so far? And can you believe Thanksgiving is so close??

OCTOBER 2019

Well, October's over. A sad time for us fall-lovers, because it means that all the autumn goodness is fast drawing to an end.

BUT DESPAIR NOT! Because after fall comes something even more exciting: CHRISTMAS!

Basically my life is a constant cycle of alltheothermonthsoftheyear-fall-Christmas. But anyway. Have a summary of my October.

I read The Evaporation of Sofi Snow and Reclaiming Shilo Snow by Mary Weber. And honestly... I didn't really click with these books? Which I hated and felt really bad about (even though I know I shouldn't) because I know so many other bloggers and readers love them so much. But I don't know. I'm just not a hardcore sci-fi fan at heart, I guess.

I DID enjoy them, though! Don't think I didn't like them. The whole FanFight thing was really interesting, and it's always fun to see different authors' takes on futuristic worlds. I got a bit of a Star Wars vibe from these, what with all the crazy hair and such (lol), the Delonese, and the ice planet.
I also started Romanov. But we're not going to talk about that yet.

There's also this:

Well... You all know my goal was to finish the first draft of Fall Into Time this month. Yeah... that didn't happen. And to be honest I didn't really expect it to. I got wrapped up in NaNo planning (or, rather, not planning for NaNo) that I just couldn't devote much time to it. I did get a bit more work done on it, though, and realized I'm actually a lot closer to the climax than I realized and #Stuff really needs to start happening. xD And I AM hoping to finish the first draft in December. Maybe. I just think it would be really awesome to finish two drafts in one year (the first being Roots to Claim earlier in the year) after not previously having finished ANY.

And, as aforementioned, I did NaNo planning this month. A little. A very, very, little.

I went to an annual fall festival earlier in the month, which I've been going to every year for... gosh, probably ten years now? It's mostly just eating and shopping, but I love it just for the fallness of it. And the coffee. *heart eyes*

My parents and I decorated sugar cookies together. It was quite interesting. xD

I carved a Descendants pumpkin, although it's not that pretty. xD I don't have a picture of it yet (thought I did), but I'll try to add one later.

On Halloween I went to work dressed up as Peggy Carter.

I'm kind of obsessed with this, to be honest, and I wouldn't have taken it off all day if the clothes a) wouldn't have been a bit warm, and b) had belonged to me. xD

 On the blog this month:

 

It's now November 2nd, which means two things:

Thanksgiving is THIS MONTH. WHAT :o

And WE'VE ALL SURVIVED THE FIRST DAY OF NANOWRIMO! Eeeep! I hope day one went fantastic for you, but if you didn't quite get as much written as you'd hoped, keep writing! :D
On the subject of NaNoWriMo, I'm hoping to bring you guys weekly updates for the month of November. We'll see how that goes. I'm also sort of experimenting with whether I want to post on Fridays or Saturdays, so bear with me for some possible erratic posting.

Here's to a great November! :D

How was day one of NaNo?!?! And, oh yeah, how was your October? xD Did you do any fun fall activities? Have you read the Sofi Snow duology?