The Great and the Small
I'm on top of the world!
I bet you all thought I'd forgotten about regular text blogging but I shall not let grad school defeat the blog! (Only make it sadly infrequent...) Anyway, when I was in California, I took lots of pictures but only five would fit on this post. I may add more later.
Now for a Cherie writing update. Since I have sent my first novel out to my awesome beta-readers, I've started writing in another novel that I started the first time I thought I was done with my previous novel.
Anyway, that means I can once again tell you how many fictional words I've written in a month! I know this is a feature you all missed and couldn't live without.
So for February that number is....3674!
But, since it I did start this novel previously, and I have the inability to be concise, in total it's currently: 52,618 words.
But if you're the type who doesn't find simple numbers fascinating, I'll also say this new story is a fantasy children's book that takes place in modern suburban America and explores real terrors of childhood through magical happenings. Some of my friends and family will know more, but I'm strangely paranoid about my writing even though I'm perfectly aware that I'm at the state in my writing career (this being the unpublished state) where self-promotion and having random internet users take an interest in my work could only be a good thing. It's also probably more likely that I'll be a famous author one day than it is someone will steal my idea over the internet and become that famous author in my stead.
It's just that the mere thought of the latter, no matter how unlikely, is enough to keep me awake at night.
And now for more pretty pictures from the hike my sister and I went on in the Auburn State Park. It was cloudy, but still beautiful. If only I was in better shape!
Now for a Cherie writing update. Since I have sent my first novel out to my awesome beta-readers, I've started writing in another novel that I started the first time I thought I was done with my previous novel.
Anyway, that means I can once again tell you how many fictional words I've written in a month! I know this is a feature you all missed and couldn't live without.
So for February that number is....3674!
But, since it I did start this novel previously, and I have the inability to be concise, in total it's currently: 52,618 words.
But if you're the type who doesn't find simple numbers fascinating, I'll also say this new story is a fantasy children's book that takes place in modern suburban America and explores real terrors of childhood through magical happenings. Some of my friends and family will know more, but I'm strangely paranoid about my writing even though I'm perfectly aware that I'm at the state in my writing career (this being the unpublished state) where self-promotion and having random internet users take an interest in my work could only be a good thing. It's also probably more likely that I'll be a famous author one day than it is someone will steal my idea over the internet and become that famous author in my stead.
It's just that the mere thought of the latter, no matter how unlikely, is enough to keep me awake at night.
And now for more pretty pictures from the hike my sister and I went on in the Auburn State Park. It was cloudy, but still beautiful. If only I was in better shape!
A naturalist in her natural habitat
I thought that I should pay as much attention to the small wonders like this leaf...
...As I did this amazing vista.
Sometimes even people are small