And so November ends, in a flurry of food and work and not getting enough sleep. I’m pleased to say that the novel is officially in the hands of my beta reader, and so far the feedback has been positive. December looks to be as crazy as usual, but at least there’s presents at the end and a five day vacation starting Christmas Day that I think I’m going to really need once everything is said and done.
A great deal of November was spend fine-tuning the last quarter of the novel, and while there’s a couple scenes I want to rework (fight scenes are hard to write), I’m pretty pleased with it overall. It’s weird being “done” with it, even if there’s some things I still want to touch up… it’s all there, beginning, middle, and end… over a years worth of struggle and angst and hitting my head on my desk in quiet desperation and now I’ve got this thing that I’m going to have to show to people. It’s terrifying.
What I Read…
What I Read this Month in Articles…
- “I’ve Forgiven My Younger Self”: Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall on 10 Years of Pop Magic
- Diana Wynne Jones’ The Time of the Ghost Breaks All the Rules of How To Write a Book
- The Elephant Who Could Be a Person
- The evolution of Stray Kids’ Felix Lee
Favorite Posts from Chasing the Four Winds…
- Memorable Things Characters Have Said
- Flowers and Shadow
- Characters I’d Love An Update On (Where are they now that the book is over?)
- Redwood Walks
Blog Posts I Enjoyed…
- A Love Letter to Mystery Science Theater 3000
- 10 Happily Ever Afters I Want a Peek At
- Carolina Theater
- Thanksgiving Dinner at a Hotel
What I Listened To…
What I Watched…
Previous Monthly Wrap-Ups…
And there it is! Now for December, the craziest month, where I will be working longer hours and generally being a little more sad then usual because of the lack of sunlight and working in retail. I just have to focus on that five day vacation waiting for me, the gold at the end of a rather lackluster rainbow.
Chasing the Four Winds 
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