{"id":7023,"date":"2016-09-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T20:02:22","slug":"monthly-summary-september-2016_24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/monthly-summary-september-2016_24\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Summary: September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/MonthlySummaryBlogSeptember2016.png?resize=640%2C612\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><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;\">I&#8217;ve dubbed this month Survival September, because it&#8217;s mostly been a whole lot of work, a lot of stress, and not enough writing. Work pretty much ate my life. Believe it or not I had September scheduled as a month to relax originally, but it&#8217;s been the opposite. I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s over.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- more --><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.) Writing progress has been much less than I wanted. I have the Red Hood proposal finished, the <i>Subsapien: Biomech<\/i> proposal almost finished,<i> Subsapien: Biomech<\/i> feedback almost finished, and a query half finished. I was hoping to get all of this finished so I&#8217;d have October just to NaNo plan, but it seems some of this is going to bleed over into October. I have gotten a teensy bit of NaNo planning done this month too, which makes me feel a little better.&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><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;\">On better news, one of my Geekdom House articles got selected to be published in their print magazine called Area of Effect! They only pick the best of the best of the site for this issue, so I&#8217;m so honored to be chosen. If you&#8217;re interested in purchasing a print or digital copy version of the magazine you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magcloud.com\/browse\/issue\/1164523?__r=565091\">on Magcloud<\/a>. I&#8217;m on the first page! When you purchase the magazine, you help support me and other writers financially on the site.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\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<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Magazine.jpg?resize=640%2C200\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/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;\">2.) Offline life mostly included working, working, and more working.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">It was really difficult working two jobs (not including my online job) when the second job decided to all of a sudden bump up its hours, so I&#8217;ve been working full time between two jobs when I only wanted to work part time. Money is great, but I feel like part of my soul has been eaten because I&#8217;ve had to partially neglect writing, any kind of writing. I&#8217;m surprised I kept up with the blog this month. I ended up resigning from my first job to focus on my new job, which suits me better in all shapes and forms, so that&#8217;s a huge relief and it gives me more time to NaNo plan&#8211;and sleep.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\">The funnest part of this month was when I got to visit my siblings the Sunday before Labor Day. We went swimming on a friend of their&#8217;s property then we hiked up to an abandoned coal mine. Later on, the property owner took us around on his Ranger and we got to go to a natural spring and drink fresh mountain water. There was even a place nearby where Indians used to grind their food like a built in mortar.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\">I also get to go apple picking tomorrow. I&#8217;ve never been apple picking before. I&#8217;ll update with pics.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\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\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B16.09.28.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A little fuzzy caterpillar we saw on the journey to the mines<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B16.10.34.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aren&#8217;t they the cutest little muffins ever?<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B16.16.49.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The mines.<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B16.20.21.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Inside the mines.<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B16.21.52.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A wall of crystals!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B16.38.42.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The pond we swam in.<\/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\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B17.33.46.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Riding on the Ranger<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B17.35.16.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Pretty mountains<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B17.52.18.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Indian mortar<\/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\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-042B17.52.45.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Fresh water spring coming from a cave. It was so cold there. It felt like air conditioning was spouting from it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/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;\">3.) I read <i>Crown of Midnight<\/i>&nbsp;by Sarah J. Maas (because the library didn&#8217;t have the first Harry Potter in so I had to get something), <i>A Monster Calls <\/i>by Patrick Ness, and <i>A Time to Speak <\/i>by Nadine Brandes. I liked them all. ^ ^<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CrownofMidnight.jpg?resize=420%2C640\" width=\"420\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/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;\">4.) I didn&#8217;t manage to do much drawing because work. -_- But I did do a Rouyn shoulder-up. I tweaked his design a bit to make him more mature.<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RouynShoulderUpColored.png?resize=640%2C632\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/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.) Surprisingly I did a lot of posting this month. I wrote about my Star Fleet Academy Experience in NYC on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefangirlinitiative.com\/2016\/09\/the-fangirl-experience-star-trek.html\">the Fangirl Initiative<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksundergrace.com\/tv\/the-star-fleet-academy-experience-at-the-intrepid\/\">Geeks Under Grace<\/a>. Oh! Also I will be doing a monthly segment on the Fangirl Initiative for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefangirlinitiative.com\/2016\/09\/fandom-of-month-club-unboxing-september.html\">Fandom of the Month Club unboxing<\/a>. The service sends me a surprise box of geeky goodies every month! And I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksundergrace.com\/tv\/warrior-im-girl\/\">a post for Girls Geek Week about Suki from ATLA<\/a>. I also wrote a piece about <a href=\"http:\/\/geekdomhouse.com\/no-more-jurassic-world-domination\/\">Jurassic World and control<\/a> and one about <a href=\"http:\/\/geekdomhouse.com\/i-have-strings\/\">Ultron and creation<\/a> for Geekdom House.&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><br \/>\n<\/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\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/monstrous-child-Ultron-by-sandara.jpg?resize=640%2C380\" width=\"640\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The artwork for my Ultron piece called &#8220;A Monstrous Child&#8221; by Sandara<\/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; 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 watched the second season of <i>Daredevil<\/i>, <i>Black Butler III<\/i>, and <i>Jessica Jones<\/i>. All threee are good. I have some qualms with some, but they were still really good. I binge watched them after work to stay sane.<\/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\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Killgrave.jpg?resize=181%2C400\" width=\"181\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes I did watch <i>Jessica Jones<\/i> partially for David Tennant.&nbsp;<\/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;\">2.) I played some <i>Portal 2<\/i> earlier in the month. Cave Johnson is something else. 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 style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">3.) I finally watched <i>the Boy and the Beast<\/i>. Really good movie. I watched P<i>roject Itoh: Empire of Corpses<\/i>, which is a really weird anime film, but so many plot bunnies, and then I&#8217;m seeing <i>Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Home for Peculiar Children<\/i> at the end of the month. Yays!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\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.) If both jobs aren&#8217;t consistent it&#8217;s nearly impossible to do two jobs &#8211;<\/b> So last month I mentioned I picked up a second job. I really like this second job, much better than my first. The whole reason I get a second job was because my first job didn&#8217;t give me enough hours. Then I get a second job and my first job starts giving me more hours and working me on days I thought I didn&#8217;t have to work which starts impeding my other job. It was nuts, hence why I decided to quit my first job and focus on the second job. Two was just too overwhelming and my second job suits me far better. Moral of the story unless the two jobs stick to the same patterns it&#8217;s no bueno.&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;\"><b>2.) When times get stressful you just have to take a day a week to do whatever the heck you want &#8211; <\/b>This month got so stressful I just came home from work one day and cried on my bed for a half hour. I tried to be productive on the few off days I had, but I just got into a slump. I ended up having to just take a day a week off to do whatever relaxing thing I wanted whether that be a craft or binge watch Black Butler. I just had to do it to keep my sanity. I felt a little ashamed, because I thought I could just be spending all of that time writing, but I needed to keep my mental health together. It&#8217;s okay to take off days. There&#8217;s no shame in it.&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;\"><b>3.) There Are A Lot of Really Cool British Foods &#8211; <\/b>Working at the Queen&#8217;s Pantry, I&#8217;ve discovered a lot of cool foods I didn&#8217;t know existed like squash or cordial which is a concentrated juice you mix with water. Another one is rusks which are South African really hard biscuits you dip into tea or coffee to soften. It&#8217;s crazy just how much food is out there that people thought up. This upcoming Friday as a reward for the end of Survival September, I&#8217;m making an authentic British breakfast with foods from Queen&#8217;s Pantry such as Irish bacon, Irish bangers, and scones. I&#8217;m excited!<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\">\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\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ouma-rusks.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Ouma Rusks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/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; 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 my <i>Red Hood<\/i> query and my<i> Subsapien<\/i> proposal and finally do some more serious NaNo planning.&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;\">2.) Next month is going to a far more enjoyable month. I&#8217;m going to my cousins wedding in South Carolina one weekend, so I&#8217;ll see lots of family. Then at the end of the month, I&#8217;m going to Walt Disney World to Mickey&#8217;s Not So Scary Halloween! Squee! I haven&#8217;t been to Disney World since I was nine. I&#8217;m so stoked to go again!<\/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><br \/>\n<\/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;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Disney-11-02_4.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Mini self hugging Pooh Bear at Disney World way back when. I may do this again with absolutely no shame, because I freaking love Pooh okay?!&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">3.) I want to finish <i>A Time to Rise<\/i> and finally read <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone.<\/i><\/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;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ATimetoRise_6_29.jpg?resize=258%2C400\" width=\"258\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">4.) I&#8217;m hoping to draw much more in October, since I barely did any at all in September. Perhaps some full body poses. We&#8217;ll see.<\/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 definitely want to keep pumping out articles for Geeks Under Grace and Geekdom House. It&#8217;s so fun to write for them. ^ ^<\/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 Stori Tori&#8217;s Blog &#8230;<\/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><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">This month&#8217;s books:<\/span><\/b><\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/a-book-review-of-giver-by-lois-lowry.html\">A Book Review of The Giver by Lois Lowry<\/a><\/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><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">This month&#8217;s writing tips:<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/the-pros-and-cons-of-different-types-of.html\">The Pros and Cons of Different Types of Point of View for Your Novel<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/so-your-character-has-post-traumatic.html\">So Your Character Has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Featuring Liz @ Out of Coffee Out of Mind<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/so-your-character-is-from-peru.html\">So Your Character is From Peru &#8230; Featuring Robb M. Mendivil &amp; Maria Jose<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/writing-lessons-from-movies-9.html\">Writing Lessons from Movies: 9<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/how-i-do-betas-tips-on-efficiently.html\">How I Do Betas: Tips on Efficiently Testing Your Book on Willing Test Subjects<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><b>My stories stuff:<\/b><\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/questions-for-rouyn.html\">Questions for Rouyn!<\/a><\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/beautiful-people-21-silanoc.html\">Beautiful People #21: Silanoc<\/a><\/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><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Other stuff:<\/span><\/b><\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/the-bookshelf-tour-tag-totally-shouldve.html\">The Bookshelf Tour Tag &amp; the Totally Should&#8217;ve Book Tag<\/a><\/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;\">Coming Soon to Stori Tori&#8217;s Blog &#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 1 &#8211; Why a Writer Should Travel: Quell Your Fears and Embrace Inspiration &#8211;<\/b> I have Bilbo-grade wanderlust and in this post I&#8217;m going to talk a bit about what traveling has taught me and why you should give it a shot if you get the chance.<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 4 &#8211; So Your Character Has Synesthesia &#8230; Featuring Liz Brooks @ Out of Coffee Out of Mind&nbsp;&#8211;<\/b> Another post featuring the awesome Liz Brooks! This one focusing on the phenomenon of synesthesia which is when someone&#8217;s brain connects senses like hearing colors.<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 7 &#8211; &nbsp;Beautiful Books &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;ll be telling you guy&#8217;s a little more about <i>Starbloods<\/i> in this year&#8217;s Beautiful Books!&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 8 &#8211; So Your Character is From China &#8230; featuring Alyssa @ Devil Orders Takeout &amp; Shania Siu&nbsp;&#8211;<\/b> &nbsp;These ladies will be talking about life in Hong Kong, China!<\/span><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>October 11 &#8211; A Book Review of A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes &#8211; <\/b>Nadine&#8217;s newest book releases in October and I&#8217;ve got the pleasure of having an ARC to review on the blog!<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 14 &#8211; Six Character Questions Challenge &#8211;<\/b> Sara Letourneau gave me permission to swipe this tag from her blog and seeing as I&#8217;m doing NaNoWriMo soon. More character questions the better!<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 15 &#8211; So Your Character is From Slovakia &#8230; featuring Simona @ Girl with a Cloudy Head&nbsp;&#8211;<\/b> Simona is going to be sharing about life in this Eastern European country!<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 18 &#8211; So Your Character Has These Various Injuries &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;m going to be talking about some various random injuries I&#8217;ve had that could be useful for writing. This will be slightly comedic because it will be me talking about various stupid things I&#8217;ve done to get these injuries. Warning: I will be showing some pictures, because I took pictures of some of these injuries to keep for reference. Is that weird? Some of the things I&#8217;ll be talking about is poison ivy, a severe allergic reaction, and severe bruising.<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 21 &#8211; Interview with Silanoc (Starbloods) &#8211;<\/b> Silanoc&#8217;s interview will go up on this day. ^ ^<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 22 &#8211; Writing Lessons Movies: the Jungle Book (1967) versus the Jungle Book (2016) &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;m doing another versus post to show why I believe the live action <i>Jungle Book<\/i> was far better executed than the original Disney film. Don&#8217;t get me wrong I like both, but I believe the new <i>Jungle Book<\/i> film outranks its predecessor.<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 25 &#8211; &nbsp;A Book Review of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;ve finally gotten around to reading this book and I get to share my thoughts with you about it!<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 28 &#8211; Quote Challenge &amp; The Bloodstained Searchbar Tag &#8211;<\/b> I know I said I was going to do these last month, but I&#8217;ll be doing much more NaNo prep this month and I found it more appropriate to do this month.<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><b>October 29 &#8211; Is that Point of View Necessary for Your Novel? &#8211;<\/b> I spoke about different types of point of view this month, but this time I want to talk about ruling if a point of view is important for the overall story. I&#8217;ve read too many books where I feel like the point of view of a certain character wasn&#8217;t needed.<\/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;\">Elsewhere &#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crimefictionbook.com\/2016\/09\/01\/what-a-fantasy-writer-learned-from-taking-archery-lessons\/\">One Fantasy Writer\u2019s Secret Weapon: Archery Lessons by Sara Letourneau Guestposting on The Writer&#8217;s Guide to Weapons<\/a> &#8211; Sara shares some of her insight about archery!<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/my-minor-mushroom-mania-guest-post-by.html\">My Minor Mushroom Mania ~ Guest Post by Abi Ellison on Sunshine Scribblings &#8211;<\/a> This post may seem totally random but it gave me lots of plot bunnies!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saraletourneauwriter.com\/2016\/09\/08\/writers-doubt-and-confidence\/\">Chronicling The Craft: Battling Writer\u2019s Doubt and Regaining Your Confidence by Sara Letournea at her Website and Blog<\/a> &#8211; Definitely needed this post this month.<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/in-defense-of-ya-part-2.html\">In Defense of YA \/\/ Part #2 by Liz Brooks&nbsp;@ Out of Coffee Out of Mind &#8211;<\/a> A ranty post defending YA.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/09\/how-about-we-dont-bully-authors-or.html\">How About We Don&#8217;t Bully Authors (Or Anyone Else, For That Matter) by Liz Brooks&nbsp;@ Out of Coffee Out of Mind &#8211;<\/a> Another great ranty post by Liz. XD<\/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 style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I&#8217;m really glad September is over. It was a rough month. Several days at work, I was almost to the point I just wanted to walk out of the store and quit right there. But I made it and I feel a little proud of myself for that. I&#8217;ll feel better when I get the paycheck I earned. \ud83d\ude09 Here&#8217;s to a good October with cooler weather, weddings, and Disney!<\/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 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? 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