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\n<\/span>July was a pretty good month! I feel like the months are steadily getting more normal as we get through this dumb pandemic. Maybe by Thanksgiving or Christmas, we can function like regular human beans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What I Did<\/h2>\n

1.) I’m finishing my edits for The Rose in the Wolf today!<\/p>\n

2.) I celebrated the 4th of July in South Carolina with my family! I had a great time hanging out with my little cousins and watching some amazing backyard fireworks!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nBIG NEWS! This is my secret project! Meet Momo! The newest member of my little family and Lessy’s little sister! She’s a Siamese mix and she’s nine weeks old!<\/span><\/p>\n
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3.) I finished reading\u00a0the Awakened\u00a0<\/i>by Richard Spillman!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n4.) I finished my sculpture! This is Tibarn from\u00a0Fire Emblem: Heroes<\/i>!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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5.) I also have a review of Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller <\/i>up on Hardcore Gaming 101<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe Geeky Department<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

1.) I’m going strong playing\u00a0Animal Crossing: New Horizons! I got all of the crazy July bugs and can’t wait for August and new critters!<\/p>\n

2.) I’m still playing through\u00a0The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Man, this game is huge, but I’m really enjoying it! The plots have so many twists and turns!<\/p>\n

3.) I also finished\u00a0The Witcher\u00a0Netflix show! Though it had its flaws, I loved Geralt and Ciri the whole time.<\/p>\n

4.) I also played through the remake of\u00a0Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father. It was originally a game from 1994 and is set two months after I was born in ’93. Wow, I’m old. I liked the plot a lot, but the main character was not my favorite.<\/p>\n

What I’m Going to Do<\/h2>\n

1.) I’m going to take a break from writing next month and work on getting my new website up. For real this time. A friend promised to do it before and never did, so I’m going to pick up where they left off and try to get this thing up and running!<\/p>\n

2.) More super exciting news! I’m going to Yellowstone National Park with my cousin! We’re going August 31st-September 4 and I’m so stoked. I’ve needed an adventure for a long time and I think this trip will totally rekindle my wandering and creative spirits. “I want to see mountains, mountains, Gandalf!”<\/p>\n

3.) I’m going to finish Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo and Crooked House by Agatha Christie and hopefully start, The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks!<\/p>\n

4.) I’d like to work on some more clay sculptures!<\/p>\n

5.) I think I’ll have another review up on Hardcore Gaming 101 for another obscure game lol.<\/p>\n

Last Month on Wanderer’s Pen …<\/h2>\n


\nBook Review and Writing Lessons: Hunger by Michael Grant<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Writing Lessons from Movies: The Matrix Trilogy<\/a>
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Book Review and Writing Lessons: The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Why I’m a Christian but Not a Christian Author<\/a>
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Coming Soon to Wanderer’s Pen …<\/h2>\n
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August 7: Book Review and Writing Lessons: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
\nAugust 14: Writing Lessons from TV Shows: The Witcher
\nAugust 21: Book Review and Writing Lessons: Watcher in the Woods by Robert Liparulo
\nAugust 28: Monthly Wanderings: August 2020<\/p>\n

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I’m looking forward to next month! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How was your month? What did you do? Are you looking forward to any of the upcoming posts?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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