Yes, that is a Supernatural reference. I can't believe it's ending after season fifteen! What am I gonna do?! ahem... But, that's not what this post is about. Moving on...
Sorry, long time, no post. My excuse? Honestly... I was having trouble coming up with topics. I'm kind of at the hurry up and wait portion of writing. Or I'm writing. I mean... yeah... But, today, I have updates! Here's what my April is going to look like--speaking from an active point of view, not an entertainment one. (Seriously, so many of my favorite shows, movies, etc. are getting new content in April.)
First, and most briefly, I have a for fun project that I will begin, in earnest, I swear, in April. It's gonna be a long one, with a final due date sometime in July... and I won't lie... it's intimidating. I mean, it shouldn't be, but just its size alone... It's probably going to finish at close to 80,000 words... I've only written about 20,000 of those in the past... oh, that's the other thing. Last time I opened this thing was back in.... um, hold on, I'm checking... 2009?! I thought it was a tad later than that... oh dear. The exact date is almost four years to the day to when my oldest son was born... I may have bitten off more that I can chew.
Second, there's Camp NaNoWriMo. If you don't know what this is, it's NaNoWriMo in the spring/summer (they do it twice), but you get to set your own word count. I'm attempting a novella set within the Phoenix Cycle--the novel series of which I have 2/3 written--called Smoke & Soot. It'll tell the backstory of a certain character in the main series and is set against the backdrop of the first World Expo. I'm crazy excited for it, honestly.
Lastly, and just as awesomely, I'm doing the Magical Readathon. What is that? First of all, it is explained here, in this video by BookTuber, Book Roast. The other necessary links can be found in the description of the video. Basically, it's a Harry Potter themed readathon where you pick a Wizarding World career, then you read based on the prompts attached to the classes needed for that career in the OWLs. Later this year, in August specifically, Book Roast will be hosting the NEWTs for this. I have no idea how it ups the game, but I've been given the impression that it will.
To be more specific, I chose the Wizarding World career, Auror (dark wizard hunter, think Wizard Cops). For that, I need the classes: charms, defence against the dark arts, herbology, potions, and transfiguration. So according to the prompts attached to said classes, I need books that: "age-line: read an adult work," "reducto: read a book whose title starts with an R," "plant on the cover," "next ingredient: sequel," and "sprayed edges or red cover," respectively. Off hand, I've only picked out two of those, so I'll do another blog post when I pick out the rest of that list.
My April is going to be crazy busy... but since I basically took a month-long break on everything this March, I'm looking forward to just that. See you all next time!
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