{"id":5049,"date":"2017-09-01T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T19:21:04","slug":"monthly-summary-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/monthly-summary-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Summary: August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"853\" data-original-width=\"892\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MonthlySummaryBlogAugust2017.png?resize=640%2C612\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">August was an interesting month. Nothing extremely eventful went on (besides the solar eclipse, more on that in a sec) but it felt super busy throughout. I got a lot of stuff accomplished, though most of it felt like catch-up from July haha. XD I&#8217;m also beginning to feel fall. I can&#8217;t wait!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- more --><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">What I did:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">1.) I finished editing <i>Starbloods <\/i>and started going through beta critique. A lot of the comments have made me laugh and I feel like a lot of the suggestions have really helped hone the story. ^ ^ I&#8217;ve also submitted some material to agents and a publisher. One agent promptly rejected me, but it wasn&#8217;t because the writing was bad it was just because she as the agent didn&#8217;t feel like she could sell it, so it didn&#8217;t sting too much&#8211;too much. XD<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">2.) Offline life has consisted mostly of three things: work, eclipse, and cosplay prep. I&#8217;ve been working to pay the bills and have the dough for DragonCon and I&#8217;ve also been working on getting my cosplays ready for DragonCon! More on that in the Geeky Department. I also got to see the solar eclipse. It really was an amazing experience to see a real life Day of Black Sun!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1280\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-212B13.54.23.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-212B14.02.50.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-212B14.45.55.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-212B14.46.30.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-212B14.47.00.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">3.) I finished <i>Cress <\/i>and really enjoyed it! ^ ^ Review up later in the month.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1388\" data-original-width=\"922\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/cress-1.jpg?resize=265%2C400\" width=\"265\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">4.) I narrowly got a drawing done this month! This is the main character Cohen from my NaNo novel! The cracks are because his body&#8217;s made of clay. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1226\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CohenColoredFilters.png?resize=306%2C400\" width=\"306\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">5.) This month I wrote pieces on Geekdom House about <a href=\"http:\/\/geekdomhouse.com\/animes-racial-representation\/\">racial portrayal in anime<\/a> and <i><a href=\"http:\/\/geekdomhouse.com\/your-words-your-voice-your-story-matters\/\">Terror on Resonance<\/a><\/i>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">The Geeky Department:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">1.) I feel like I&#8217;ve been dead to Western media because I&#8217;ve been watching nothing but anime lately. XD I&#8217;ve finished <i>One Punch Man <\/i>and it was interesting. Then I watched <i>Fate Zero <\/i>and <i>Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks <\/i>both of which I loved and took me through an amazing but painful feels trip. XD&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"364\" data-original-width=\"640\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/fate-zero-23-see-you-in-space.jpg?resize=640%2C364\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">2.) I&#8217;ve also started playing <i>Epic Mickey. <\/i>I&#8217;ve had the game for years but for some reason never finished it, so I spontaneously decided to start one day after work. XD<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/epic_mickey_art.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">3.) I didn&#8217;t think I would get this done in time, but I&#8217;m having my new cosplay ready by DragonCon! I&#8217;m so excited for this cosplay and I think it&#8217;s going to be one of my favorites that I&#8217;ve done!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1280\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-192B22.22.41.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Make up test!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1280\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-192B22.46.09.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Make up test!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1280\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-08-262B20.37.33.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Wig finished!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">What I Learned:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>1.) Contacts Are Tricky &#8211; <\/b>So for my new cosplay I&#8217;m wearing colored contacts for the characters. They are tricky little buggers to get in. It took me a half hour each eye to get them in at first then I&#8217;ve gotten faster, but I&#8217;ve little eyes and I have to really REALLY open my little eye wide to get that sucker in there. XD<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>2.) Some people can just be really stupid &#8211; <\/b>So I work as a sales representative for a provisions company aka I sample out sausage at groceries stores to persuade people to buy them. So funny story. I keep the sausage warm in crock pots which have lids. Some guy walks up to my table and says, &#8220;Whatcha got?&#8221; Then proceeds to open the lid and try to stick his hand into the crockpot. If you&#8217;ve worked with food at all then you know that if he touches that sausage then you have throw all of it out because it&#8217;s become contaminated. So I put my gloved hand in front of his and said, &#8220;Please don&#8217;t stick your hand in there. I&#8217;ll get you a sample.&#8221; (Which is what I&#8217;m supposed to do.) Then the guy said, &#8220;That&#8217;s okay. I don&#8217;t want any.&#8221; And proceeds to roll his cart away in a huff. You gotta watch out for people like that. XD This is one of my many weird work stories.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">What I&#8217;m Going to Do:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">1.) I&#8217;m going to finish going over beta critique then I&#8217;m going to start planning out my NaNo novel <i>Silhouette. <\/i>^ ^<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">2.) September is going to be way more interesting than August. I&#8217;m going to DragonCon where I&#8217;ll be meeting Nathan Fillion and Matt Smith (ERMERGERD) on the first weekend of September (aka this weekend. I&#8217;m at the con at the time this post goes up). Then at the end of the month, I&#8217;m going to Anime Weekend Atlanta with Casey and Amy. ^ ^<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"410\" data-original-width=\"799\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dragon-con-logo.jpg?resize=640%2C328\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">3.) I&#8217;m currently reading <i>Black<\/i> by Ted Dekker and <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/i> (finally), so I know I&#8217;ll be finishing those next month. I&#8217;ll also be starting <i>the Lost Hero<\/i> by Rick Riordan and then <i>the Girl Who Could See<\/i> by Kara Swanson optimally. I&#8217;m trying to meet my Goodreads goal. XD<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1058\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The_Lost_Hero_FINAL.jpg?resize=263%2C400\" width=\"263\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">4.) I&#8217;m hoping to finally finish my series of <i>Starbloods <\/i>blood-bonded drawings and then I&#8217;ll start doing some drawings of my characters from <i>Silhouette<\/i>!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">5.) I have articles about <i>Summer Wars <\/i>and first impressions going up on Geekdom House next month!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Last Month on Wanderer&#8217;s Pen &#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/so-your-character-is-from-bolivia.html\">So Your Character is From Bolivia &#8230; Featuring Rebekah DeVall<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/realm-makers-2017-report.html\">Realm Makers 2017 Report<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/monthly-summary-july-2017.html\">Monthly Summary: July 2017<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/so-your-character-is-from-italy.html\">So Your Character is from Italy &#8230; Featuring Emily @ Little Black Sheep<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/beautiful-people-27-cohen-silhouette.html\">Beautiful People #27: Cohen (Silhouette)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/sass-versus-subtly-discussion-about.html\">Sass versus Subtly: A Discussion about the Popularity of Snark<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/so-your-character-is-from-portugal.html\">So Your Character is From Portugal &#8230; Featuring Marta @ The Book Mermaid, Catia @ The Girl Who Read Too Much, &amp; Joana @ Bookneeders<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/the-voices-of-ya-tag-and-cookie-book-tag.html\">The Voices of YA Tag and the Cookie Book Tag!<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/villain-necrologies-and-debacles-studio.html\">Villain Necrologies and Debacles: Studio Ghibli Edition<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/08\/so-your-character-is-from-uruguay.html\">So Your Character is From Uruguay &#8230; 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font-size: large;\">Coming Soon to Wanderer&#8217;s Pen &#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 2 &#8211; Good Parents 101 <\/b>&#8211; I have many gripes about parent characters being disrespectfully portrayed, so I decided to write a post on how to write decent parents.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 5 &#8211; So Your Character is From Lebanon &#8230; &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;m having two lovely ladies on the blog to talk about what living in Lebanon is like!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 8 &#8211; <\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">A Book Review of Cress by Marissa Meyer &#8211;&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">I really enjoyed this book and I&#8217;m looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you all!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 9 &#8211; Villain Necrologies &amp; Debacles: Lord of the Rings\/The Hobbit Edition &#8211; <\/b>September is Tolkien month, so what better time to do a post on Tolkien villain demises?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 12 &#8211; So Your Character is From Turkey &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;m excited to have Leona on the blog again!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 15 &#8211;&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">Beautiful People &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">&nbsp;I&#8217;ll be featuring another character from&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">Silhouette<\/i><span style=\"font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;\">!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 16 &#8211; Writing Lessons from Anime: Fate\/Zero &amp; 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If I hear back about the blog tour I&#8217;ll do that if not I&#8217;ll just post a tag.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 23 &#8211; &nbsp;The Significance of Hair in Stories &#8211;<\/b> This may sound silly but hair can have a lot of symbolism in writing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 26 &#8211; So Your Character is from Qatar &#8230; &#8211;<\/b> Sumaica Asad will be joining us to talk about her country!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 29 &#8211; A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;m almost finished with it already and I&#8217;m excited to review it!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>September 30 &#8211; 50+ Blocking Ideas for Your Characters &#8211; <\/b>The number may change but that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m saying for now. Blocking is a theater term about what you should be doing for your movement in a scene often during dialogue or rest points. It keeps the characters from just sitting or standing awkwardly. And I think this can be applied to writing!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Overall, August was a pretty good month, but I can&#8217;t wait for September and fall and cool weather!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\"><b>How was your month? What did you do? Are you looking forward to any of the upcoming posts? 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Nothing extremely eventful went on (besides the solar eclipse, more on that in a sec) but it felt super busy throughout. I got a lot of stuff accomplished, though most of it felt like catch-up from July haha. XD I&#8217;m also beginning to feel fall. I can&#8217;t wait! 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