TWO-YEAR BLOGIVERSARY!!! // FEATURING A Q&A VLOG WOO HOO

 IT'S SEPTEMBER!!!

IT'S BASICALLY FALL!!!!

IT'S MY BLOGIVERSARY!!!!!

ALL VERY EXCITING THINGS!!!!!

You guys. I cannot believe it's been two years since I started my blog!! And it's been SUCH a fantastic two years. I don't regret a second of it. well okay I regret all those blog posts I put up late but shh

Here are a few of my favorite memories from the past two years in the blogosphere:

-My very first comment. Most of us probably remember our first comment, right?? Mine was from the lovely C.G. Drews and made me smile SO. BIG. 

-My very first follower. Looking at you, Nicole. ;)

-Winning my first NaNo. Would this have happened without my blog? Possibly. But it wouldn't have happened alongside some fantastic Pen Dragons trying to beat the clock, and within ten minutes of another writer (wasn't that you, Faith? xD)

-Laughing with said Pen Dragons about killing characters, resurrection horses, and a napkin in a lapkin. If you know you know.

-Being published again. This probably wouldn't have happened without blogging, at least with Havok, because I discovered Havok through other bloggers. But even if it would have, it was just made 100000x more amazing with all you incredible people's support. 

-One of my blog posts, inspired by the Out of Time series which has deeply inspired me, being read by Nadine Brandes herself.

-Starting a YouTube channel (currently all but abandoned ahaha) and a Bookstagram and becoming more and more at home in this extraordinary community. 

These are all moments that either happened because of blogging or were made better because of blogging. And I love each and every one of them. 

And now what (I assume) you've all been waiting for- THE Q&A VLOG! I'M POSTING IT ON TIME THIS YEAR AHHHH

Have fun watching me not know how to answer questions, answer questions badly, and forget what questions I'm answering! All in bad quality! Woo! 

Aaaand here are the answers to the questions that got kicked out of the video. xD (These are all from McKayla!)

Favorite animal? Dog, with horse coming in at a very close second! (I know, I know. Tween me is horrified that horse didn't make #1.)

What is your greatest strength as a writer? *sighs because I excruciatingly explained this on camera and then lost the footage* The best answer I could come up with here was my ability to feel. Stories make me feel, and that's what draws me to them and makes me remember them long after they're over. And I also feel my own stories, very close to the same way I feel other people's. This is probably a more unconventional answer than you would expect, but I think it's one of the things that I appreciate most about myself as a writer.

Where do you see yourself in ten years? Hopefully with a better idea of where I'll be in ten years than I have now. xD The only thing I know for sure is I hope to have a book published. Or two. Or three. (okay, realistically, we'll stick with one. Since I don't even have one finished yet. xD)

And that's the end of the festivities!

I'm just so, so deeply blessed and unbelievably thankful for each and every one of you. I truly believe God led me into this community for a reason. You all have made this writing journey- this LIFE journey- richer and better than I ever imagined. You'll never know how much it means when you support me and say you're praying for me. Maybe I've only known you a couple of years, but now I don't know what I would do without you. ♥

Thank you all for reading, watching, and sticking around! Allll the love, cookies, and books! *throws confetti*