Eek! It’s December already! Christmas is coming up very quickly and the New Year after that. Are you excited? I sure am! 😀
Here’s a quick update on what I did last month. As far as full plates go, this past month was a seven course meal!
Read for review:
None But You (three stars)
Seascape (three stars)
Pleasure read:
The Destiny of One (four stars)
5 Secrets of Story Structure (five stars)
Lady Dragon, Tela Du (three stars)
Along Came a Dog (five stars)
Keeper of the Lost Cities (three stars)
As well as a few “long books” that I’m still working on. 😉
Answered:
Emails and a few Facebook messages! (Seriously, I have been so blessed by you all!)
Blog and Facebook comments
Googled:
Besides vs. beside (there is a difference!)
Grammar of “Til death do us part”
Video clip from You Can’t Take It with You
How the electoral college works (of course)
Desired blog post frequency
When autocorrect was first invented 😛
Computer power supply names
Mad Lib Theater
How to extract images from a GoogleDoc (I used method 2!)
Plus the usual how-tos and a little bit of celebrity information.
Wrote:
Emails and Facebook messages
Approximately 11k words on my WIP currently titled “Kiera”!
Blog posts (the top five being Creative Juices, Bookish Happenings, Think Twice Before Writing Seven, Slip of the Key, and Fall Writing Contest!)
Edited:
Sections of story I wrote during word sprints with my NaNoWriMo siblings 😛
My story plot
Of course, that’s just the word related stuff not to mention family celebrations, a recommitment ceremony, a wedding reception, and elections work. I was so happy to get some writing done last month to boot! 😉 This coming month I’m looking forward to beta-reading my siblings’ finished NaNoWriMo stories (we had two win YWP and one win the 50k!); diving into some new books I’ve been gifted with (or picked up from the library); writing more; and everything Advent and Christmas. 😉
I’m also taking part in an exciting gift exchange with some internet literary friends and planning Christmas cards, gifts, and hopefully a new short story. 😉
How was your November? How did you celebrate Thanksgiving?
Once Upon An Ordinary 
You Can’t take it with you! I love that movie! Looks like you’ve had a good month, Kate! I’m so glad! Congratulations on your word count!
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It really is one of the best! (Jimmy Stewart for the win…) 😉
Thanks, Allison! So happy for you about your word count!
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Looks like you got a lot done! I didn’t get much done other than NaNoWriMo this month. I slacked on a lot of stuff in favor of writing, actually (such as practicing my clarinet and eating …) XD
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NaNoWriMo is a huge accomplishment! Congrats!!!
Ah, yes… eating. What is that again? 😛
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Eating is what we do with chocolate
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And drinking is for tea…
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I don’t know …
My mom actually had to force me to eat on several occasions …
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Brilliance forgets hunger. (You can quote me.) 😉
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I’ll remember that. 😉
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Yaaaaay for You Can’t Take it With You!!! Jimmy Stewart is without a doubt my favorite actor EVER! 😀
And Kiera . . . eeek!!!! So excited! We had a pretty busy month too. Trying to stay on track with school during the holidays (yeah right, like that happened! XD), frantic shopping for my cousin’s upcoming wedding, and various audio projects I am trying to finish up. 🙂 I think Nov. was a crazy month for everyone!
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I know!!! He’s so sweet especially in his movies with June Allyson. 😉
Your excitement makes me happy. 😀
Wow, that sounds like a great busy. 😉
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These posts are such fun to read, Kate. 🙂
It does sound like a seven (at least!) course meal. 😉 And I’m sure there was chocolate for dessert.
So, did you discover what you needed to know about the Electoral College, or should I give you a short version of the importance of it?
I think you may have gotten more writing done last month than me! November was a pitiful writing month for me. 😦 It was scattered here and there, hit and miss with mostly miss. This month will be a “little?” better. I think. I hope.
And yes, I’m excited about Christmas, but at the same time, not. I have too much to get done right now! I want a pause button that works. 😛
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Aw, thanks, Rebekah! Yes–chocolate, always. 😉
Hmm… I’m still not sure I quite understand how it works, but I do know it evens things out so California and New York don’t rule the country. 😛
Aw, sorry! But you have published another book, and TCR 6 is advancing nicely! Pause buttons are so good once in a while. 😉
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